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Voice Box Repair for a Web Across the Vocal Cords

Louisiana 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?

$2,089

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,089 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,660 from a physician practice, and about $3,311 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,660$1,349 to $1,995
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,311$2,455 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $10,715Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $2,239
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $1,660

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
$676.08
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,481.54
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,995.26
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,290.87
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
$724.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 18th of 51

$2,089

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.