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Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope

Colorado 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?

$5,804

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,804 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,495 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$309$288 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,495$3,020 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $589 to $12,589Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $257 to $851
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,495professional $309

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
$478.63
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$977.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$537.03
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$524.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,288.25
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$446.68
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$645.65

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 10th of 50

$5,804

$309 physician + $5,495 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.