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Laser Removal of a Voice Box Growth

Montana 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?

$1,402

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,402 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $813 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$589$309 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$813$309 to $912

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,047Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $200 to $1,862
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $813professional $589

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$831.76
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$977.24
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$977.24
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$891.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$977.24

Where Montana 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

Montana· 47th of 50

$1,402

$589 physician + $813 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.