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Vocal Cord Lesion Removal With Tissue Graft

Kansas 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?

$891

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $891 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $724 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 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$724$550 to $871
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$2,818 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $10,471Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $537 to $912
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,898professional $724

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
$1,513.56
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$933.25

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 30th of 51

$891

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.