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Vocal Cord Lesion Removal With Tissue Graft

Montana 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?

$933

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $933 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $933 from a physician practice, and about $955 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$933$776 to $1,122
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$955$933 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $912 to $1,148Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $603 to $2,884
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $955professional $933

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$933.25
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,148.15
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,148.15
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,047.13
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 25th of 51

$933

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.