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Laser Removal of a Voice Box Growth

Kentucky 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?

$3,777

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,777 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$389$178 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$1,950 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $537 to $8,511Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $170 to $646
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $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
$169.82
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$645.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$501.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$758.58
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$269.15
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,454.71
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$851.14

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 26th of 50

$3,777

$389 physician + $3,388 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.