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Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope

Ohio 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?

$3,954

Typical total for the visit. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,954 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$324$245 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$1,995 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $813 to $10,715Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $229 to $2,951
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,631professional $324

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
$812.83
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$512.86
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$524.81
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$501.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$489.78

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 24th of 50

$3,954

$324 physician + $3,631 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.