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Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope

Idaho 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?

$5,492

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,492 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,129 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$363$275 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,129$1,122 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $363 to $9,550Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $251 to $603
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,129professional $363

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
$1,621.81
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$467.74
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$741.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$489.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$77.62
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$12,302.69
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$524.81
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$7,943.28
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$524.81

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 12th of 50

$5,492

$363 physician + $5,129 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.