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Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope

Maryland 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?

$703

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $703 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $407 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$295$245 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$407$269 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $123 to $7,762Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $229 to $1,000
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $407professional $295

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
$123.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,000.00
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$630.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$512.86
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$331.13

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 50th of 50

$703

$295 physician + $407 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.