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Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope

Oklahoma 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?

$5,404

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,404 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $275 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,129 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$251 to $324
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,129$1,380 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $794 to $15,136Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $234 to $407
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,129professional $275

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
$794.33
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$398.11
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$18,197.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$398.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$6,456.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$407.38

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 13th of 50

$5,404

$275 physician + $5,129 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.