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Voice Box Repair for a Web Across the Vocal Cords

New York 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?

$1,230

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,230 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,175 from a physician practice, and about $5,129 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,175$1,047 to $1,479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,129$2,455 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $11,749Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $955 to $2,570
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,129professional $1,175

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
$6,165.95
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$4,073.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$12,302.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,344.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,479.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$371.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$331.13
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$12,302.69
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$4,677.35
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,570.88
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,398.83
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,621.81
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,754.40
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,548.13
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,073.80
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,584.89
15 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
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,071.52
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,479.11
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$245.47
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$173.78
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,318.26
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,288.25
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,412.54
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$346.74
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$251.19
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where New York 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.

New York· 46th of 51

$1,230

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.