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Voice Box Repair for a Web Across the Vocal Cords

North Carolina 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?

$1,585

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,585 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,549 from a physician practice, and about $3,467 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 6 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$1,549$1,259 to $2,455
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,467$1,660 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $12,589Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $3,467
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,467professional $1,549

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
$1,258.93
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,754.23
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,982.44
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$42,657.95
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$10,715.19

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 43rd of 51

$1,585

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.