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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures on respiratory system

Open voice box surgery to remove a tumor or vocal cord

CPT 31300the billing code this page is about

The larynx is opened through an incision in the neck so a tumor or fluid-filled sac can be removed, or so a vocal cord can be taken out.

Hospitals typically charge $3,722 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 276 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,672. Most fall between $1,871 and $5,682 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
276
States
42
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 276 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,340$2,043$3,722$5,299$8,795

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,340 vs $8,795).

How the prices are spread

$1,261 – $1,532: 30 hospitals$1,261$1,532 – $1,861: 10 hospitals$1,861 – $2,260: 32 hospitals$1,861$2,260 – $2,745: 15 hospitals$2,745 – $3,335: 24 hospitals$2,745$3,335 – $4,051: 34 hospitals$4,051 – $4,921: 40 hospitals$4,051$4,921 – $5,977: 32 hospitals$5,977 – $7,261: 7 hospitals$5,977$7,261 – $8,820: 31 hospitals$7,261median $3,722price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (255 of 276 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,261$1,53230
$1,532$1,86110
$1,861$2,26032
$2,260$2,74515
$2,745$3,33524
$3,335$4,05134
$4,051$4,92140
$4,921$5,97732
$5,977$7,2617
$7,261$8,82031

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,387
Median cash price$3,722
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.10×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $3,722.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,977 across 12 hospitalsIL$1,977Wisconsin: median $5,682 across 13 hospitalsWI$5,682Michigan: median $1,604 across 27 hospitalsMI$1,604New York: median $3,838 across 21 hospitalsNY$3,838Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $3,121 across 14 hospitalsIA$3,121Indiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $4,137 across 10 hospitalsOH$4,137Pennsylvania: median $938 across 18 hospitalsPA$938New Jersey: median $4,627 across 28 hospitalsNJ$4,627Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $8,820 across 23 hospitalsCA$8,820Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWVVirginia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $2,043 across 12 hospitalsOK$2,043Louisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,471 across 19 hospitalsTX$4,471Florida: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,722. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA23$8,820+137%$8,820 – $8,820
Wisconsin WI13$5,682+53%$5,682 – $5,682
New Jersey NJ28$4,627+24%$3,593 – $6,864
Texas TX19$4,471+20%$4,471 – $4,471
Ohio OH10$4,137+11%$1,932 – $4,137
New York NY21$3,838+3%$3,655 – $3,935
Iowa IA14$3,121−16%$3,121 – $3,121
Oklahoma OK12$2,043−45%$2,043 – $2,043
Illinois IL12$1,977−47%$1,387 – $4,359
Michigan MI27$1,604−57%$1,270 – $4,559
Pennsylvania PA18$938−75%$764 – $5,483
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $3,722.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care234$3,802$1,932 – $5,682
Children’s6fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access35$3,121$1,387 – $5,682
Ownership
For-profit25$4,471$1,387 – $5,682
Government32$3,257$2,163 – $4,069
Non-profit218$3,786$1,828 – $5,682
System affiliation
Part of a system235$3,838$1,828 – $5,682
Independent41$2,677$1,984 – $4,639

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,468
Median cash price$3,722
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

156 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,121 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,558; most fall between $1,871 and $5,682.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 156 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,387$2,043$3,121$5,682$8,820

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,387 vs $8,820).

Of the 168 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 156 gave a usable cash price; 7 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 5 a list price only.

How complete is this

276 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (7%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 304 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted276
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here23
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded4
Hospitals that filed this code304

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 5, 2026 and September 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR therapeutic procedures on respiratory system family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Laryngotomy W/Rmvl Tumor/Laryngocele Cordectomy.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Open voice box surgery to remove a tumor or vocal cord (CPT 31300) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-31300-open-voice-box-surgery-to-remove-a-tumor-or-vocal-cord