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Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope

Maine 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?

$3,776

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,776 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$309$263 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,738 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $3,467Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $234 to $490
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,467professional $309

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$302.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$575.44
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$524.81
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,467.37
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$588.84

Where Maine 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

Maine· 26th of 50

$3,776

$309 physician + $3,467 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.