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Laser Removal of a Voice Box Growth

Michigan 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?

$4,397

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,397 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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$324$219 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$676 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $240 to $7,762Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $174 to $661
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $4,074professional $324

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
$239.88
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$691.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$741.31
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$776.25

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 19th of 50

$4,397

$324 physician + $4,074 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.