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Laser Removal of a Voice Box Growth

Ohio 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?

$4,194

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,194 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$479$204 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$1,698 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $537 to $10,715Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,259
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,715professional $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
$501.19
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$741.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,096.48
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$870.96
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$21,379.62
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$870.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$812.83

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 23rd of 50

$4,194

$479 physician + $3,715 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.