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Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope

Alabama 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?

$3,108

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,108 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$417$269 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,259 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $776 to $4,571Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $224 to $550
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,692professional $417

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
$758.58
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$407.38

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 34th of 50

$3,108

$417 physician + $2,692 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.