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Removal Of A Voice Box Cartilage Through A Scope

Alaska rates for HCPCS 31561

A scope is passed through the mouth into the larynx so the surgeon can work directly on the voice box, and the arytenoid, one of the small cartilages that moves a vocal cord, is removed. It is done to widen the airway when the vocal cords sit too close together and breathing is restricted.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Voice Box Cartilage Through A Scope cost?

$7,135

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,135 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,754 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,380$912 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,754$3,467 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $12,023Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $417 to $2,089
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,754professional $1,380

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$20,417.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$16,595.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$19,498.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,148.15
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,344.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,344.23
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$6,025.60
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$19,498.45
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 11.2 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 5th of 51

$7,135

$1,380 physician + $5,754 facility

CO $11,216MT $1,002

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.