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Laser Removal of a Voice Box Growth

Illinois 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?

$2,166

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,166 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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 $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$871 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $339 to $5,623Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,023
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,698professional $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
$338.84
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,456.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$870.96
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,698.24
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$676.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$954.99

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 41st of 50

$2,166

$468 physician + $1,698 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.