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Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope

Virginia 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?

$3,531

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,531 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$295$275 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$427 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $282 to $8,318Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $240 to $3,020
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $295

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
$295.12
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$3,630.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,413.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$446.68
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$575.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$575.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$537.03
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$501.19

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 28th of 50

$3,531

$295 physician + $3,236 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.