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Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope

Alaska rates for HCPCS 31571

A doctor uses a rigid scope along with an operating microscope, inserted through the mouth, to view the voice box and inject a substance into a vocal cord to add bulk or improve its position. This approach is typically done in an operating room under anesthesia, and it can help improve the voice or swallowing when a vocal cord is not closing properly, such as after vocal cord paralysis.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope cost?

$2,491

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,491 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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$832$331 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$417 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $282 to $8,318Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,585
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,660professional $832

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
$812.83
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$831.76
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,659.59
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,698.24
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,445.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,659.59
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 12.8 times more in South Carolina than in Maryland. 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· 40th of 50

$2,491

$832 physician + $1,660 facility

SC $9,012MD $703

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.