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Voice Box Surgery Using a Microscope

Vermont rates for HCPCS 31541

A rigid scope is placed through the mouth to view the voice box directly while the patient is asleep, and a growth is removed or an abnormal layer is stripped from a vocal cord or the epiglottis. An operating microscope or telescope is used for magnification, which allows finer work on the delicate vocal cord surface. No external incision is made.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Voice Box Surgery Using a Microscope cost?

$8,698

Typical total for the visit. In Vermont, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,698 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,318 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$380$331 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,318$3,802 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,318 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $8,318Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $288 to $589
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $8,318professional $380

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$645.65

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 11.3 times more in Vermont than in Montana. 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

Vermont· 1st of 51

$8,698

$380 physician + $8,318 facility

VT $8,698MT $769

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.