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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 October 2026.

How much does Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope cost?

$331

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $263 to $912.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $468 to $2,692Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $224 to $501
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,622professional $269

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$562.34
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$630.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$616.60
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$331.13
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
$131.83
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$29.51

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 7.1 times more in Oklahoma than in New York. 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.

Maryland· 41st of 51

$331

OK $1,778NY $251

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.