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Vocal Cord Lesion Removal With Tissue Graft

Idaho 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?

$871

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $871 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $794 from a physician practice, and about $4,571 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 8 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$794$724 to $1,096
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$1,698 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $759 to $17,783Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,318
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,571professional $794

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
$3,388.44
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$17,782.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,445.44
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$77.62
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$22,387.21
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,148.15
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 32nd of 51

$871

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.