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Vocal Cord Lesion Removal With Tissue Graft

Arkansas 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?

$851

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $851 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $708 from a physician practice, and about $1,820 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 4 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$708$490 to $741
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,820$1,514 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $741 to $7,244Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $490 to $871
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $708

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
$707.95
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$8,709.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 35th of 51

$851

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.