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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 October 2026.

How much does Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope cost?

$3,634

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,634 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$245$214 to $372
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$2,138 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $10,233Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $170 to $537
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,388professional $245

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$467.74
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$16,982.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$616.60
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$14,125.38
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$537.03
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$26.92

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 11th of 51

$3,634

$245 physician + $3,388 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.