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Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope

Iowa 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?

$4,172

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,172 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$457$309 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$871 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $490 to $9,120Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $240 to $1,148
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $457

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
$489.78
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$707.95
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$9,549.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,818.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$954.99
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$776.25
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$501.19

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 12.8 times more in South Carolina than in Maryland. 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

Iowa· 20th of 50

$4,172

$457 physician + $3,715 facility

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.