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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 October 2026.

How much does Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope cost?

$3,950

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,950 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $234 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$234$195 to $316
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$1,995 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $295 to $7,943Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $174 to $407
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $234

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
$295.12
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$501.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$234.42
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$10,964.78
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$416.87
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$512.86
5 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
$128.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51

Where Utah 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

Utah· 10th of 51

$3,950

$234 physician + $3,715 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.