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Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope

Michigan 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?

$5,214

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,214 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$316$245 to $398
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$1,445 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $339 to $10,233Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $214 to $692
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $316

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
$338.84
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$691.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$758.58
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$524.81
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$416.87

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 14th of 50

$5,214

$316 physician + $4,898 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.