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Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope

South Dakota 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?

$1,839

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,839 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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$427$257 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$490 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $295 to $4,365Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $209 to $708
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $427

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
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$257.04
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$707.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$2,818.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$575.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$676.08
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$512.86

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 45th of 50

$1,839

$427 physician + $1,413 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.