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Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope

Hawaii 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?

$2,042

Typical physician fee. In Hawaii, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,042 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $977 to $4,571.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $3,890Professionalmedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $229 to $5,370
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,890professional $2,042

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
$1,148.15
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$363.08
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,370.32

Where Hawaii sits

The same service costs 15.8 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Hawaii· 3rd of 51

$2,042

CA $3,890DE $245

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.