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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 October 2026.

How much does Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope cost?

$1,777

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,777 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$263$240 to $339
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$1,000 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $646 to $3,311Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $224 to $437
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,514professional $263

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$436.52
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$446.68

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 47th of 51

$1,777

$263 physician + $1,514 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.