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Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope

North Dakota 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?

$2,042

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,042 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$457$372 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$245 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $245 to $5,754Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $257 to $575
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $457

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$812.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$537.03

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 38th of 51

$2,042

$457 physician + $1,585 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.