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Vocal Cord Lesion Removal With Tissue Graft

Louisiana 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?

$1,202

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,202 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $813 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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$813$603 to $977
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$1,622 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $891 to $7,586Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,023
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $813

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
$812.83
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$12,882.50
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$851.14
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 14th of 51

$1,202

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.