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Laser Removal of a Voice Box Growth

Utah 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?

$3,798

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,798 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$562$234 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,288 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $214 to $6,026Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $174 to $1,288
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $562

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
$213.80
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$891.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,230.27
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$10,964.78
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$851.14
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$891.25

Where Utah 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

Utah· 25th of 50

$3,798

$562 physician + $3,236 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.