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Voice Box Repair for a Web Across the Vocal Cords

South 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 October 2026.

How much does Voice Box Repair for a Web Across the Vocal Cords cost?

$1,288

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,202 from a physician practice, and about $3,467 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$1,202$263 to $1,549
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,467$1,778 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $17,783Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $155 to $1,950
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $1,202

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
$1,548.82
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$17,378.01
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,691.53
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,570.40
11 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
$630.96
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$537.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$371.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$371.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$371.54

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 45th of 51

$1,288

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.