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Vocal Cord Lesion Removal With Tissue Graft

Pennsylvania 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?

$724

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $724 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $562 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 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 8 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$562$525 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$3,311 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $8,511Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,122
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $562

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
$1,047.13
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,047.13
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$776.25
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,023.29
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,511.38
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$5,011.87
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$630.96
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$20,892.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 42nd of 51

$724

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.