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Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope

Indiana 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?

$8,044

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,044 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,762 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$282$245 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,762$2,818 to $14,125

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $417 to $17,378Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $224 to $575
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,762professional $282

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
$295.12
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$602.56
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$177.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$18,620.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$575.44
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$457.09

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 3rd of 50

$8,044

$282 physician + $7,762 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.