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Laser Removal of a Voice Box Growth

Colorado 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?

$6,413

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,413 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$525$214 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$3,548 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $692 to $12,882Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $200 to $912
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,888professional $525

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
$1,230.27
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$954.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,023.29
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$870.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,513.56
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,122.02
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 6th of 50

$6,413

$525 physician + $5,888 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.