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Voice Box Repair for a Web Across the Vocal Cords

Pennsylvania 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?

$1,380

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,288 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 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$1,288$1,230 to $1,445
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$1,585 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $955 to $7,762Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $2,089
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $1,288

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
$1,047.13
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$977.24
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,344.23
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,995.26
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,456.54
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,511.89
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,709.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,380.38
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$977.24
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,398.83
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,011.87
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,570.40
10 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
$616.60
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$138.04
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$691.83
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$275.42
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,047.13
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$208.93
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$138.04

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 43rd of 51

$1,380

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.