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Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope

New Mexico 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?

$6,546

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,546 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,166 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$380$282 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,166$1,380 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $347 to $15,849Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $245 to $1,072
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $6,166professional $380

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
$331.13
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$16,595.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$478.63
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$354.81
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$616.60
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$575.44

Where New Mexico sits

The same service costs 12.8 times more in South Carolina than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeNew Mexico $6,546 · 5th of 50
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.