go back

Laser Removal of a Voice Box Growth

New Jersey 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?

$6,367

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,367 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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$479$191 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$4,467 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $955 to $10,715Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $166 to $1,230
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,888professional $479

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
$676.08
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,202.26
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$977.24
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$18,620.87
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$912.01

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 7th of 50

$6,367

$479 physician + $5,888 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.