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Vocal Cord Lesion Removal With Tissue Graft

Alaska rates for HCPCS 31546

Surgery on a vocal cord carried out through a scope passed into the throat with the aid of an operating microscope. A noncancerous lesion is removed from beneath the lining of the vocal cord, and the gap left behind is rebuilt with a small piece of tissue taken from the patient during the same operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Vocal Cord Lesion Removal With Tissue Graft cost?

$1,820

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,820 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,820 from a physician practice, and about $1,349 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,820$1,148 to $2,630
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,349$631 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $603 to $12,023Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $617 to $3,548
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,349professional $1,820

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,862.09
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$3,715.35
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,801.89
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,162.28
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$3,715.35
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14,454.40
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,715.35

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 12.0 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Alaska· 6th of 51

$1,820

CA $6,607DE $550

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.