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Vocal Cord Lesion Removal With Tissue Graft

South Dakota 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?

$955

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $955 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $933 from a physician practice, and about $1,349 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 7 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$933$589 to $1,230
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,349$776 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $646 to $4,365Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,549
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,349professional $933

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
$537.03
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$5,011.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,258.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,513.56
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 24th of 51

$955

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.