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Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope

Massachusetts 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?

$3,208

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,208 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$324$257 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,778 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $316 to $7,943Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $219 to $1,000
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,884professional $324

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
$776.25
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,071.52
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$28,840.32
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$776.25
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$407.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$660.69
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$6,760.83
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$537.03
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$28,840.32
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$977.24

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 12.8 times more in South Carolina than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeMassachusetts $3,208 · 33rd of 50
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.