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Vocal Cord Lesion Removal With Tissue Graft

Colorado 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?

$3,236

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,236 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $646 from a physician practice, and about $12,303 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 7 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$646$617 to $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12,303$5,495 to $19,055

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,303 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $28,840Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,738
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $12,303professional $646

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
$2,089.30
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,089.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$33,113.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,187.76
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$977.24
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 3rd of 51

$3,236

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.