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Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope

Pennsylvania 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?

$4,172

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,172 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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 13 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$282$240 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$2,455 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $646 to $8,511Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $214 to $1,000
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $282

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
$588.84
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,000.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$10,715.19
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$478.63
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$354.81
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$467.74
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$12,882.50
Independence Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$10,232.93
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,511.38
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,318.26
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$354.81
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,951.21
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$489.78

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 21st of 50

$4,172

$282 physician + $3,890 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.