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Vocal Cord Lesion Removal With Tissue Graft

Connecticut 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?

$1,318

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,318 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $955 from a physician practice, and about $7,586 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$955$603 to $1,318
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,586$5,248 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $3,467 to $12,882Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,738
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,586professional $955

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
$3,467.37
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,737.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$19,952.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,445.44
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 12th of 51

$1,318

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.