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Vocal Cord Lesion Removal With Tissue Graft

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $871 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $661 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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 7 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$661$550 to $1,122
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$2,512 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $603 to $7,762Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,585
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,388professional $661

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
$1,949.84
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,584.89
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$33,884.42
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$891.25
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$11,220.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,445.44
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$33,884.42
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 31st 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.