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Laser Removal of a Voice Box Growth

Oklahoma 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?

$5,907

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,907 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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$537$200 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$1,380 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $794 to $15,136Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $186 to $813
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $537

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
$588.84
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$18,197.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$741.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$5,888.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$724.44

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 11th of 50

$5,907

$537 physician + $5,370 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.