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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 October 2026.

How much does Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope cost?

$2,656

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,656 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$417$339 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,479 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $759 to $8,511Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $269 to $603
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,239professional $417

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
$380.19
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$416.87
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$602.56
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$478.63
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$12,302.69
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$512.86
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$6,760.83
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$524.81
11 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$323.59
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 24th of 51

$2,656

$417 physician + $2,239 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.