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Laser Removal of a Voice Box Growth

North Dakota 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?

$1,050

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,050 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $525 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$525$355 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$525$178 to $575

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $178 to $2,512Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $186 to $1,202
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $525professional $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
$177.83
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 49th of 50

$1,050

$525 physician + $525 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.