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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 October 2026.

How much does Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope cost?

$5,791

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,791 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,495 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$295$269 to $389
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,495$1,514 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $603 to $16,218Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $234 to $2,818
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,495professional $295

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
$354.81
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$3,162.28
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$18,620.87
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$398.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$6,165.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$389.05

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 3rd of 51

$5,791

$295 physician + $5,495 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.