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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 October 2026.

How much does Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope cost?

$3,600

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,600 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $288 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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$288$257 to $339
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,122 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $331 to $9,772Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $229 to $457
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $288

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
$446.68
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$3,162.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$354.81
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$446.68
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$302.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$457.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$501.19
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
$134.90
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$29.51

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 12th of 51

$3,600

$288 physician + $3,311 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.