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Laser Removal of a Voice Box Growth

Missouri 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?

$2,666

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,666 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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$479$200 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$1,122 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $479 to $5,248Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,096
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,188professional $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
$478.63
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,548.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$758.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$891.25

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 37th of 50

$2,666

$479 physician + $2,188 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.