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Vocal Cord Lesion Removal With Tissue Graft

New Mexico 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?

$794

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $794 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $776 from a physician practice, and about $1,445 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$776$537 to $891
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,445$759 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $646 to $13,804Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $537 to $2,884
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,445professional $776

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$794.33
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,445.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$30,902.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 38th of 51

$794

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.