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Laser Removal of a Voice Box Growth

New Hampshire 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?

$5,695

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,695 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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$447$269 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$3,467 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $9,772Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $170 to $1,122
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $447

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
$100.00
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,309.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$977.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,318.26
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$9,549.93
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,380.38
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 13th of 50

$5,695

$447 physician + $5,248 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.