go back

Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope

New Hampshire 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?

$2,825

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,825 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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$427$331 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,778 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $6,166Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $240 to $832
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $427

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
$229.09
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$416.87
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,309.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$741.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,265.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$831.76
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 22nd of 51

$2,825

$427 physician + $2,399 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.