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Voice Box Repair for a Web Across the Vocal Cords

Colorado 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 October 2026.

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

$2,570

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,950 from a physician practice, and about $8,511 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,950$1,585 to $2,570
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,511$3,981 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $15,488Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $3,020
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $1,950

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$6,025.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,511.89
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,019.95
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,511.89
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,011.87
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,884.03
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 6.6 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Colorado· 10th of 51

$2,570

AK $5,248TX $794

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.