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Laser Removal of a Voice Box Growth

Nevada 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?

$2,801

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,801 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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$562$204 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$851 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $186 to $7,413Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $186 to $977
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,239professional $562

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
$186.21
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$977.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$891.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$776.25
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$812.83
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$758.58
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$512.86
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$954.99

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 35th of 50

$2,801

$562 physician + $2,239 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.