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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 July 2026.

How much does Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope cost?

$736

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $736 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $257 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$479$257 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$257$245 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $245 to $8,511Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $245 to $631
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $257professional $479

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
$245.47
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$741.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$741.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$616.60

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 49th of 50

$736

$479 physician + $257 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.