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Voice Box Repair for a Web Across the Vocal Cords

Alabama rates for HCPCS 31580

Opens the voice box surgically to divide a web, a sheet of scar or tissue stretched between the vocal cords, and holds the cords apart with a thin keel or stent so the raw surfaces cannot stick back together. The spacer is left in place while healing settles and is removed later. It is done for hoarseness, a weak voice, or noisy breathing caused by the web.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Voice Box Repair for a Web Across the Vocal Cords cost?

$2,138

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,138 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 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$2,138$1,380 to $2,138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$1,660 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $8,913Professionalmedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $2,754
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $2,138

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
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$10,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 6.2 times more in California than in Delaware. 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· 22nd of 51

$2,138

CA $7,762DE $1,259

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.