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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 October 2026.

How much does Vocal Cord Injection Via Rigid Scope cost?

$1,896

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,896 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $347 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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$347$240 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$1,259 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $537 to $10,471Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $200 to $724
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,549professional $347

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$245.47
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$616.60

Where West 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

West Virginia· 44th of 51

$1,896

$347 physician + $1,549 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.