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Voice Box Repair for a Web Across the Vocal Cords

Michigan 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?

$1,660

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,660 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,622 from a physician practice, and about $3,802 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,622$1,349 to $1,738
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,802$2,570 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $6,918Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $1,820
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $1,622

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
$1,621.81
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,073.80
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,754.40
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,905.46
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,041.74
12 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
$776.25
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,202.26
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 33rd of 51

$1,660

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.