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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 October 2026.

How much does Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope cost?

$3,385

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,385 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$501$398 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$955 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $562 to $8,318Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $282 to $776
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $501

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
$489.78
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$707.95
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,818.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$676.08
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,311.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$794.33
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$501.19

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 13th of 51

$3,385

$501 physician + $2,884 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.