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Vocal Cord Lesion Removal With Tissue Graft

Illinois 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?

$1,023

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,023 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $646 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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 6 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$537 to $1,023
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$1,259 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $871 to $10,000Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,905
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,236professional $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
$758.58
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,122.02
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,570.40
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$758.58
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 20th of 51

$1,023

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.