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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 October 2026.

How much does Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope cost?

$2,054

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,054 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $275 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$275$245 to $355
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$851 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $550 to $7,586Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $214 to $490
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $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
$446.68
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$3,715.35
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$7,585.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$446.68
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$537.03
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$537.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$389.05
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,047.13
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$562.34
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
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$134.90

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 37th of 51

$2,054

$275 physician + $1,778 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.