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Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope

Louisiana 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?

$3,085

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,085 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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$331$269 to $427
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,622 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $891 to $6,026Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $229 to $468
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $331

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
$446.68
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$6,760.83
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$389.05
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$489.78
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
$144.54
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$44.67

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 19th of 51

$3,085

$331 physician + $2,754 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.