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Laser Removal of a Voice Box Growth

Massachusetts 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?

$2,384

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,384 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$479$224 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$257 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $209 to $5,129Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $174 to $1,318
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $479

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
$416.87
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$9,120.11
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,023.29
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,318.26
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$9,120.11
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 38th of 50

$2,384

$479 physician + $1,905 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.