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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 July 2026.

How much does Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope cost?

$2,451

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,451 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$589$427 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$759 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $513 to $10,965Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,023
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,862professional $589

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
$257.04
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$16,982.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,122.02
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$954.99
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$8,317.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 41st of 50

$2,451

$589 physician + $1,862 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.