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Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope

New Jersey 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?

$6,301

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,301 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $275 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$275$245 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$4,571 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $3,090 to $10,715Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $214 to $4,571
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,026professional $275

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
$3,090.30
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$5,888.44
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$16,218.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$758.58
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$398.11
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$19,498.45
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$501.19

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 6th of 50

$6,301

$275 physician + $6,026 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.