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Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope

Minnesota 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?

$2,038

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,038 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$525$380 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$501 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $263 to $5,888Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,023
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,514professional $525

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
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$13,803.84
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,122.02
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,000.00
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,047.13
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$31.62

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 39th of 51

$2,038

$525 physician + $1,514 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.