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Vocal Cord Lesion Removal With Tissue Graft

Arizona 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?

$977

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $977 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $603 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 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 5 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$603$562 to $759
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$2,884 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $7,943Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $501 to $2,884
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $4,365professional $603

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
$2,187.76
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,456.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$6,309.57
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 22nd of 51

$977

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.