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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 October 2026.

How much does Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope cost?

$1,561

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,561 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $302 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$302$251 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$1,096 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $977 to $3,890Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $42 to $4,169
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,259professional $302

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
$933.25
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$363.08
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$5,370.32

Where Hawaii 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

Hawaii· 49th of 51

$1,561

$302 physician + $1,259 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.