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Laser Removal of a Voice Box Growth

Iowa 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?

$4,291

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,291 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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$661$309 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$2,399 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $603 to $8,128Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $186 to $1,995
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $661

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
$776.25
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,513.56
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$9,120.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,479.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,348.96
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 21st of 50

$4,291

$661 physician + $3,631 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.