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Vocal Cord Lesion Removal With Tissue Graft

Kentucky 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?

$851

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $851 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $3,981 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$575$525 to $724
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,981$2,754 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $851 to $9,550Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,230
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $575

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
$524.81
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,584.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$812.83
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$812.83
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 33rd of 51

$851

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.