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Voice Box Repair for a Web Across the Vocal Cords

Iowa 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?

$2,884

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,884 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,754 from a physician practice, and about $4,677 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$2,754$1,905 to $3,236
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,677$2,951 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $12,882Professionalmedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $3,890
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,677professional $2,754

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
$1,905.46
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,715.35
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,548.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$14,454.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$9,549.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,548.13
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,888.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,981.07
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 6th of 51

$2,884

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.