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Laser Removal of a Voice Box Growth

Minnesota 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?

$2,830

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,830 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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$692$417 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$1,445 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $575 to $10,965Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $288 to $1,778
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,138professional $692

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
$186.21
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$16,982.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$39,810.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,187.76
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,073.80
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 34th of 50

$2,830

$692 physician + $2,138 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.