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Voice Box Growth Removal by Direct Scope

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 31540

Passes a rigid scope through the mouth into the voice box while the patient is asleep, and removes a growth from the vocal cords or the epiglottis, or strips away an abnormal surface layer from the cords. It is used for hoarseness caused by polyps, nodules, thickened lining or other growths, and the tissue removed is examined in the laboratory.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Voice Box Growth Removal by Direct Scope cost?

$5,351

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,351 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 54 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$339$251 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$2,455 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $603 to $12,589Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $209 to $912
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,012professional $339

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$10,964.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,791.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$10,000.00

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 9.4 times more in Nebraska than in Oregon. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

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NE $8,493OR $904

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.