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Vocal cord injection through a rigid scope, with microscope

CPT 31571the billing code this page is about

A rigid scope is placed into the throat and material is injected into a vocal cord, with an operating microscope or telescope used for magnified viewing.

Hospitals typically charge $3,831 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 600 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,170. Most fall between $617 and $6,233 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
600
States
49
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 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 600 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
$442$819$3,831$5,127$10,946

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 25× what the cheapest tenth charges ($442 vs $10,946).

How the prices are spread

$371 – $530: 73 hospitals$371$530 – $756: 47 hospitals$756 – $1,079: 25 hospitals$756$1,079 – $1,539: 38 hospitals$1,539 – $2,197: 22 hospitals$1,539$2,197 – $3,136: 39 hospitals$3,136 – $4,475: 113 hospitals$3,136$4,475 – $6,387: 99 hospitals$6,387 – $9,116: 36 hospitals$6,387$9,116 – $13,010: 51 hospitals$9,116median $3,831price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (543 of 600 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$371$53073
$530$75647
$756$1,07925
$1,079$1,53938
$1,539$2,19722
$2,197$3,13639
$3,136$4,475113
$4,475$6,38799
$6,387$9,11636
$9,116$13,01051

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,809
Median cash price$3,831
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.01×

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 $3,831.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: median $9,904 across 11 hospitalsID$9,904Montana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,812 across 20 hospitalsMN$1,812Illinois: median $1,026 across 24 hospitalsIL$1,026Wisconsin: median $1,154 across 44 hospitalsWI$1,154Michigan: median $1,191 across 33 hospitalsMI$1,191New York: median $4,363 across 45 hospitalsNY$4,363Massachusetts: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $617 across 18 hospitalsIA$617Indiana: median $2,409 across 20 hospitalsIN$2,409Ohio: median $6,436 across 22 hospitalsOH$6,436Pennsylvania: median $5,725 across 16 hospitalsPA$5,725New Jersey: median $4,627 across 30 hospitalsNJ$4,627Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $4,771 across 51 hospitalsCA$4,771Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $3,217 across 15 hospitalsMO$3,217Kentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: median $1,917 across 10 hospitalsAR$1,917Tennessee: median $581 across 10 hospitalsTN$581North Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $522 across 15 hospitalsOK$522Louisiana: median $1,665 across 16 hospitalsLA$1,665Mississippi: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,919 across 41 hospitalsTX$3,919Florida: median $5,768 across 19 hospitalsFL$5,768
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,831. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Idaho ID11$9,904+159%$5,023 – $9,904
Ohio OH22$6,436+68%$1,118 – $12,817
Florida FL19$5,768+51%$4,067 – $13,780
Pennsylvania PA16$5,725+49%$2,022 – $7,940
California CA51$4,771+25%$4,242 – $12,460
New Jersey NJ30$4,627+21%$4,081 – $5,110
New York NY45$4,363+14%$836 – $4,595
Texas TX41$3,919+2%$3,919 – $4,183
Missouri MO15$3,217−16%$400 – $7,874
Indiana IN20$2,409−37%$500 – $3,256
Arkansas AR10$1,917−50%$558 – $2,391
Minnesota MN20$1,812−53%$446 – $2,380
Louisiana LA16$1,665−57%$1,248 – $5,057
Michigan MI33$1,191−69%$1,154 – $8,552
Wisconsin WI44$1,154−70%$441 – $3,584
Illinois IL24$1,026−73%$500 – $14,290
Iowa IA18$617−84%$617 – $755
Tennessee TN10$581−85%$312 – $4,597
Oklahoma OK15$522−86%$522 – $3,564
Mississippi MS9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $3,831.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care494$4,067$715 – $6,947
Children’s13fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access92$1,154$500 – $3,587
Ownership
For-profit69$4,343$2,372 – $8,092
Government81$2,960$527 – $4,975
Non-profit449$3,710$617 – $6,035
System affiliation
Part of a system502$3,919$653 – $6,399
Independent98$1,724$486 – $5,379

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$5,313
Median cash price$3,831
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

327 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,154 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,142; most fall between $453 and $4,911.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 327 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
$349$500$1,154$4,540$8,715

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 25× what the cheapest tenth charges ($349 vs $8,715).

Of the 359 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 327 gave a usable cash price; 15 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 17 a list price only.

How complete is this

600 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (15%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 671 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted600
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here47
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded4
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded20
Hospitals that filed this code671

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 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 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 Largsc W/Njx Vocal Cord Ther W/Micro/Telescope.

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, “Vocal cord injection through a rigid scope, with microscope (CPT 31571) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-31571-vocal-cord-injection-through-a-rigid-scope-with-microscope