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Laser Removal of a Voice Box Growth

Tennessee 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?

$3,098

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,098 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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$468$214 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,622 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $631 to $5,888Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $174 to $832
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $468

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
$616.60
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$851.14
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$9,549.93
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 33rd of 50

$3,098

$468 physician + $2,630 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.