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Vocal Cord Lesion Removal With Tissue Graft

Virginia 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 Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $724 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $646 from a physician practice, and about $4,677 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$646$603 to $871
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,677$813 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $617 to $10,965Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $525 to $3,981
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,677professional $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
$645.65
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$17,782.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$977.24
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,202.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,148.15
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$17,782.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 40th 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.