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Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope

Delaware 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?

$4,319

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,319 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$245$245 to $324
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$4,074 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $257 to $16,982Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $240 to $646
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $4,074professional $245

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$436.52
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,982.44
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$446.68

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 12.8 times more in South Carolina than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeDelaware $4,319 · 18th of 50
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.