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Laser Removal of a Voice Box Growth

Arkansas 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?

$2,205

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,205 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$427$219 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$1,072 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $617 to $3,890Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $162 to $813
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $427

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
$316.23
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,677.35
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$812.83

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 40th of 50

$2,205

$427 physician + $1,778 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.