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Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope

Kentucky 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?

$2,560

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,560 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $269 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$269$245 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,413 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $372 to $5,495Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $229 to $513
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $269

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
$239.88
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$724.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$275.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,365.16
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$407.38
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$371.54
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,621.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$467.74

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 38th of 50

$2,560

$269 physician + $2,291 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.