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Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope

Nevada 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?

$2,514

Typical total for the visit. In Nevada, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,514 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $275 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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$240 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,288 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $871 to $5,129Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $214 to $447
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $275

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
$275.42
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$323.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,754.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$407.38
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$363.08
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$309.03
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$478.63
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
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$27.54

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 26th of 51

$2,514

$275 physician + $2,239 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.