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Voice Box Injection With Flexible Scope

Alabama rates for HCPCS 31573

A slim flexible scope is passed through the nose so the doctor can watch the voice box while medicine is injected into it. The injection may be made through the skin of the neck or through the mouth, whichever suits the patient and the target being treated. The medicine may be a muscle-relaxing agent for a voice or spasm disorder, or a steroid to settle inflammation or scarring.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Voice Box Injection With Flexible Scope cost?

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $2,042 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$257$204 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,042$1,122 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $759 to $3,802Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $151 to $468
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,042professional $257

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
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,456.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$380.19

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 8.7 times more in California 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.

Alabama· 20th of 51

$331

CA $1,622WV $186

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.