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Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope

Oregon 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?

$958

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $958 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $501 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$457$324 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$501$457 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $347 to $8,913Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $229 to $851
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $501professional $457

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
$630.96
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$691.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$630.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$602.56
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$645.65
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$501.19
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$630.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$676.08
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$14,791.08
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$691.83

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 47th of 50

$958

$457 physician + $501 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.