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Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope

Arizona 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 October 2026.

How much does Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope cost?

$2,225

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,225 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $275 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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$275$240 to $363
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$977 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $575 to $5,623Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $219 to $2,818
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $275

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$512.86
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$9,120.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$478.63
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 8.5 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

Arizona· 33rd of 51

$2,225

$275 physician + $1,950 facility

CO $6,252MT $735

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.