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Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope

Missouri 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?

$2,821

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,821 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$309$251 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,349 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $676 to $5,623Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $234 to $1,318
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$2,187.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$501.19

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 36th of 50

$2,821

$309 physician + $2,512 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.