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Vocal Cord Lesion Removal With Tissue Graft

Iowa 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?

$1,349

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,349 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $933 from a physician practice, and about $5,248 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$933$692 to $1,549
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,248$4,266 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $13,490Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $525 to $3,236
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,248professional $933

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
$794.33
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$17,782.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$5,011.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,041.74
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$18,620.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,698.24
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 10th of 51

$1,349

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.