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Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope

Arkansas 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?

$2,022

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,022 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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$324$257 to $389
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$1,072 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $437 to $3,802Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $224 to $550
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $324

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
$338.84
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$575.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,677.35
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$467.74
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$467.74

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 44th of 50

$2,022

$324 physician + $1,698 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.