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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 July 2026.

How much does Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope cost?

$3,379

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,379 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $288 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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$288$257 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,905 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $776 to $6,761Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $224 to $1,072
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $288

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
$1,548.82
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,148.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$851.14
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
$234.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$537.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$467.74

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 30th of 50

$3,379

$288 physician + $3,090 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.