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Laser Removal of a Voice Box Growth

Virginia 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?

$3,464

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,464 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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$513$214 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$309 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $204 to $8,710Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $195 to $1,023
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,413.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,258.93
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$933.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$741.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$912.01
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$912.01

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 29th of 50

$3,464

$513 physician + $2,951 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.