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Laser Removal of a Voice Box Growth

Connecticut 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?

$6,173

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,173 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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$550$324 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$4,266 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $3,090 to $10,715Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $191 to $1,318
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,623professional $550

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
$2,691.53
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,348.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$13,803.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,047.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,230.27
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 9th of 50

$6,173

$550 physician + $5,623 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.