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Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope

South Carolina 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?

$2,186

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,186 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$324$263 to $427
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$871 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $661 to $11,220Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $219 to $479
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $324

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
$302.00
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$323.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$10,715.19
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$512.86
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$602.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$501.19
6 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
$120.23
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$295.12

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 34th of 51

$2,186

$324 physician + $1,862 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.