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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 October 2026.

How much does Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope cost?

$3,093

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,093 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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$339$275 to $398
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,413 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $776 to $14,125Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $204 to $479
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,754professional $339

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
$281.84
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$16,218.10
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$478.63
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$354.81
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,818.38
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$575.44

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 18th of 51

$3,093

$339 physician + $2,754 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.