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Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope

Tennessee 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?

$2,722

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,722 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$324$269 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,072 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $617 to $5,888Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $224 to $794
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $2,399professional $324

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
$537.03
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$524.81
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$28,840.32
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$549.54

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 12.8 times more in South Carolina than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeTennessee $2,722 · 37th of 50
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.