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Vocal Cord Lesion Removal With Tissue Graft

Minnesota 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?

$1,349

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,349 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,318 from a physician practice, and about $3,311 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$1,318$977 to $1,738
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,311$1,585 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $20,893Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $759 to $2,089
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $3,311professional $1,318

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
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$31,622.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,511.89
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,073.80
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$9,332.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 11th of 51

$1,349

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.