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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 July 2026.

How much does Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope cost?

$6,040

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,040 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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$417$275 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$4,571 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $3,467 to $10,471Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $263 to $794
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,623professional $417

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
$3,467.37
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$954.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$13,803.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$660.69
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$416.87
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$630.96

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 8th of 50

$6,040

$417 physician + $5,623 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.