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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 July 2026.

How much does Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope cost?

$9,012

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,012 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $302 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,710 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$302$245 to $389
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,710$5,248 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,710 · 10th to 90th $676 to $16,218Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $229 to $676
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $8,710professional $302

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
$5,128.61
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$19,498.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$676.08
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$11,748.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$741.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$501.19

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 1st of 50

$9,012

$302 physician + $8,710 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.