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Laser Removal of a Voice Box Growth

South Carolina 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?

$5,738

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,738 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$490$219 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$891 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $269 to $16,596Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $174 to $851
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,248professional $490

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
$218.78
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$11,481.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$977.24
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,071.52
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$851.14

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 12th of 50

$5,738

$490 physician + $5,248 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.