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Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope

Utah 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?

$4,046

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,046 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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$331$240 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$2,455 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $6,026Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $174 to $851
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $331

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
$1,318.26
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$537.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$602.56
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$10,964.78
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$457.09
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$446.68
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$512.86

Where Utah 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

Utah· 23rd of 50

$4,046

$331 physician + $3,715 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.