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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 July 2026.

How much does Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope cost?

$816

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $816 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $427 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$389$251 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$427$417 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $372 to $10,233Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $214 to $1,072
$1$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $427professional $389

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
$0.89
Median
$0.89
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$426.58
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$512.86
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$512.86
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$478.63
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$616.60

Where Montana 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

Montana· 48th of 50

$816

$389 physician + $427 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.