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Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope

North Carolina 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?

$2,420

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,420 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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$331$251 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$407 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $251 to $6,918Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $240 to $692
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,089professional $331

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
$251.19
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$691.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$537.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$575.44
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$28,840.32
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 42nd of 50

$2,420

$331 physician + $2,089 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.