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Laser Removal of a Voice Box Growth

Louisiana 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?

$2,771

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,771 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$427$263 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$1,000 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $617 to $5,370Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $186 to $851
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,344professional $427

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
$575.44
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$912.01

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 36th of 50

$2,771

$427 physician + $2,344 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.