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Laser Removal of a Voice Box Growth

West 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?

$879

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $879 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $490 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$389$204 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$490$174 to $490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $174 to $1,622Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $174 to $661
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $490professional $389

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
$173.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$660.69
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$229.09
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$831.76

Where West 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

West Virginia· 50th of 50

$879

$389 physician + $490 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.