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Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope

West 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?

$4,866

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,866 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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$295$245 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$4,571 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $240 to $8,913Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $240 to $537
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $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
$239.88
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$537.03
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$316.23
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$436.52

Where West 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

West Virginia· 15th of 50

$4,866

$295 physician + $4,571 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.