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Laser Removal of a Voice Box Growth

Alaska rates for HCPCS 31572

A slim flexible scope is passed through the nose to the voice box, and a laser fiber alongside it is used to burn away a growth on or near the vocal cords. It is typically done with the patient awake and the throat numbed, avoiding a general anesthetic.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Laser Removal of a Voice Box Growth cost?

$1,653

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,653 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $741 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$912$589 to $1,905
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$741$347 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $204 to $6,607Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $240 to $2,754
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $741professional $912

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$831.76
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,344.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,235.94
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,818.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,344.23
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 11.1 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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

Alaska· 44th of 50

$1,653

$912 physician + $741 facility

IN $9,740WV $879

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.