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Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope

Kansas 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?

$3,231

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,231 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $347 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$347$251 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,445 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $871 to $7,244Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $245 to $479
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $347

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
$870.96
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$478.63
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$512.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$416.87

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 32nd of 50

$3,231

$347 physician + $2,884 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.