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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 October 2026.

How much does Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope cost?

$936

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $936 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $479 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$355 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$479$437 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $347 to $5,623Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $229 to $708
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $479professional $457

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
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$676.08
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$549.54
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$8,709.64
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$645.65
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$501.19
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,365.16
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$724.44
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$14,454.40
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$851.14
10 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
$147.91
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 50th of 51

$936

$457 physician + $479 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.