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Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope

Florida 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?

$2,389

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,389 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $251 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$251$209 to $316
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$1,318 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $813 to $11,749Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $178 to $479
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,138professional $251

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
$501.19
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$446.68
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$380.19
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$9,549.93
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$478.63
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$302.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$524.81
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$218.78
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
$104.71
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$28.84

Where Florida 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

Florida· 29th of 51

$2,389

$251 physician + $2,138 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.