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Vocal Cord Lesion Removal With Tissue Graft

New Jersey 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?

$851

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $851 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $603 from a physician practice, and about $7,244 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$603$525 to $933
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,244$5,495 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $3,467 to $11,749Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $457 to $5,888
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,244professional $603

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
$3,467.37
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$9,120.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,445.44
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$870.96
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14,454.40
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$32,359.37
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 34th of 51

$851

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.