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Vocal Cord Lesion Removal With Tissue Graft

New York 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?

$1,479

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $646 from a physician practice, and about $5,623 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 9 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$646$525 to $1,000
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,623$2,951 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $977 to $14,125Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,698
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,623professional $646

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
$724.44
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,995.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$17,782.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,412.54
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,570.40
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,778.28
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$933.25
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,348.96
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$53,703.18
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,862.09
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,778.28
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where New York 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 York· 8th of 51

$1,479

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.