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Vocal Cord Lesion Removal With Tissue Graft

North Carolina 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?

$813

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $813 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $759 from a physician practice, and about $1,950 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$759$589 to $1,072
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,950$832 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $537 to $10,471Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,585
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $759

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
$537.03
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,288.25
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,803.84
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$33,884.42
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,011.87

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 36th of 51

$813

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.