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Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope

Connecticut 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?

$5,175

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,175 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,786 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$389$309 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,786$2,692 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $871 to $11,482Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $240 to $562
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,786professional $389

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
$2,754.23
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$467.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$12,882.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$588.84
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$758.58
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$416.87
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$676.08
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
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 4th of 51

$5,175

$389 physician + $4,786 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.