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Laser Removal of a Voice Box Growth

New Mexico 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?

$7,468

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,468 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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$550$245 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$1,000 to $14,125

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $309 to $19,953Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $178 to $977
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $6,918professional $550

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
$245.47
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$21,877.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$870.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$724.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,047.13
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 5th of 50

$7,468

$550 physician + $6,918 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.