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Laser Removal of a Voice Box Growth

Georgia 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?

$4,734

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,734 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$219 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$1,995 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $7,586Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $186 to $832
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $468

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
$588.84
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,760.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,071.52
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$977.24

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 17th of 50

$4,734

$468 physician + $4,266 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.