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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 October 2026.

How much does Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope cost?

$4,582

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,582 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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$263 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$1,148 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $490 to $7,413Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $204 to $372
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $316

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$870.96
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$10,232.93
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$407.38
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$416.87
11 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
$147.91
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$34.67
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
58 · Staged procedure
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 8.5 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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· 6th of 51

$4,582

$316 physician + $4,266 facility

CO $6,252MT $735

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.