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Vocal Cord Lesion Removal With Tissue Graft

West 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?

$617

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $617 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $537 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 4 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$537 to $646
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$537 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $537 to $2,344Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $537 to $776
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $537professional $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
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,344.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$645.65
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$707.95
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$954.99

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 49th of 51

$617

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.