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Laser Removal of a Voice Box Growth

Maryland 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?

$2,263

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,263 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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$525$204 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$891 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,738Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,349
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,738professional $525

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$977.24
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$977.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$891.25
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$851.14

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 39th of 50

$2,263

$525 physician + $1,738 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.