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Laser Removal of a Voice Box Growth

South Dakota 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?

$1,289

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,289 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 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$513$309 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$417 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $219 to $4,365Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $186 to $1,230
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $776professional $513

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,890.45
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,148.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,071.52
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,412.54
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 48th of 50

$1,289

$513 physician + $776 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.