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Laser Removal of a Voice Box Growth

Alabama 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?

$3,149

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,149 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$457$302 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,259 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $776 to $3,981Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $186 to $832
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,692professional $457

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
$758.58
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,456.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$691.83

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 32nd of 50

$3,149

$457 physician + $2,692 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.