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Laser Removal of a Voice Box Growth

Arizona 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?

$3,521

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,521 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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$501$204 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,995 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $617 to $6,607Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,096
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,020professional $501

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
$1,698.24
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$912.01
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$812.83

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 28th of 50

$3,521

$501 physician + $3,020 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.