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Laser Removal of a Voice Box Growth

North Carolina 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?

$1,437

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,437 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $912 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$525$240 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$912$437 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $174 to $8,318Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,259
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $912professional $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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$794.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$933.25
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$9,549.93
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 46th of 50

$1,437

$525 physician + $912 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.