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Laser Removal of a Voice Box Growth

Oregon 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?

$1,589

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,589 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,000 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$589$355 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,000$617 to $1,259

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $355 to $7,943Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $263 to $1,413
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,000professional $589

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
$446.68
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,258.93
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,202.26
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,258.93
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,380.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$14,791.08
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$13,182.57
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$22,387.21
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 45th of 50

$1,589

$589 physician + $1,000 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.