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Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope

Montana 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?

$735

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $735 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $363 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$372$257 to $389
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$363$363 to $447

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $363 · 10th to 90th $363 to $2,754Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $79 to $427
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $363professional $372

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$416.87
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$389.05
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,762.47
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$588.84

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$735

$372 physician + $363 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.