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Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope

Nebraska 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?

$4,228

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,228 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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$513$339 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$871 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $513 to $13,490Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $229 to $1,072
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,715professional $513

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
$512.86
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,318.26
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$14,125.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$707.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,818.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$758.58
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$676.08

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 19th of 50

$4,228

$513 physician + $3,715 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.