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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 October 2026.

How much does Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope cost?

$3,063

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,063 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$372$309 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,380 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $912 to $5,012Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,820
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $372

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
$1,023.29
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$457.09
5 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
$125.89
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$40.74

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 20th of 51

$3,063

$372 physician + $2,692 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.