go back

Voice Box Growth Removal by Direct Scope

California 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?

$7,413

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,413 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $5,012 to $10,471.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $2,951 to $15,849Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $204 to $513
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $7,413professional $257

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
$2,951.21
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$19,054.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$15,848.93
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,232.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,398.83
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$338.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$524.81
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$45,708.82
Typical High
$45,708.82
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$15,135.61

Where California sits

The same service costs 61.7 times more in West Virginia than in North Dakota. 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.

California· 6th of 50

$7,413

WV $15,136ND $245

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.