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Vocal Cord Lesion Removal With Tissue Graft

Missouri 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?

$2,344

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,344 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $661 from a physician practice, and about $4,266 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$661$550 to $851
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,266$2,818 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $8,511Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $537 to $2,512
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,266professional $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
$1,548.82
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$3,715.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 4th of 51

$2,344

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.