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Laser Removal of a Voice Box Growth

Nebraska 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?

$5,985

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,985 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,495 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$490$316 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,495$3,631 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $933 to $13,490Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $166 to $1,514
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,495professional $490

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
$2,344.23
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$3,019.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$14,125.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$6,456.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,995.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,479.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 10th of 50

$5,985

$490 physician + $5,495 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.