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Vocal Cord Lesion Removal With Tissue Graft

Oklahoma 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?

$1,514

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,514 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $2,089 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$617$589 to $741
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,089$1,380 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $7,762Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $513 to $3,890
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,089professional $617

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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$4,466.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$870.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$8,709.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$891.25

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 7th of 51

$1,514

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.