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Vocal Cord Lesion Removal With Tissue Graft

Nevada 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?

$776

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $776 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $603 from a physician practice, and about $3,467 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$603$575 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,467$2,512 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $575 to $10,233Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $537 to $2,884
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,467professional $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
$575.44
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,884.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$13,489.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$933.25
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$794.33
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 39th of 51

$776

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.