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Laser Removal of a Voice Box Growth

Florida 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?

$6,277

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,277 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$389$182 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$1,995 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $871 to $13,490Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $162 to $776
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,888professional $389

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
$741.31
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,951.21
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$602.56
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$12,302.69
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$870.96
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$23,442.29
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$524.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$851.14
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$524.81

Where Florida 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

Florida· 8th of 50

$6,277

$389 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.