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Laser Removal of a Voice Box Growth

Kansas 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?

$3,652

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,652 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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$490$240 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,349 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $617 to $7,943Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $178 to $851
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $490

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
$691.83
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$812.83

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 27th of 50

$3,652

$490 physician + $3,162 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.