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Flexible voice box scope with vocal cord filler injection

CPT 31574the billing code this page is about

A flexible scope is passed to the voice box and filler material is injected to bulk up a vocal cord.

Hospitals typically charge $2,439 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 457 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,702. Most fall between $1,320 and $4,070 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
457
States
46
Filings dated
Jun 2025 – 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 457 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
$783$1,594$2,439$3,959$5,156

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($783 vs $5,156).

How the prices are spread

$539 – $684: 17 hospitals$539$684 – $869: 12 hospitals$869 – $1,102: 26 hospitals$869$1,102 – $1,399: 29 hospitals$1,399 – $1,776: 34 hospitals$1,399$1,776 – $2,255: 68 hospitals$2,255 – $2,863: 47 hospitals$2,255$2,863 – $3,634: 62 hospitals$3,634 – $4,612: 82 hospitals$3,634$4,612 – $5,855: 36 hospitals$4,612median $2,439price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (413 of 457 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$539$68417
$684$86912
$869$1,10226
$1,102$1,39929
$1,399$1,77634
$1,776$2,25568
$2,255$2,86347
$2,863$3,63462
$3,634$4,61282
$4,612$5,85536

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,818
Median cash price$2,439
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.34×

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 $2,439.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $770 across 10 hospitalsMN$770Illinois: median $2,439 across 28 hospitalsIL$2,439Wisconsin: median $4,070 across 33 hospitalsWI$4,070Michigan: median $2,447 across 11 hospitalsMI$2,447New York: median $2,041 across 23 hospitalsNY$2,041Massachusetts: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,439 across 14 hospitalsIA$2,439Indiana: median $1,594 across 20 hospitalsIN$1,594Ohio: median $3,180 across 32 hospitalsOH$3,180Pennsylvania: median $3,249 across 14 hospitalsPA$3,249New Jersey: median $2,301 across 30 hospitalsNJ$2,301Connecticut: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $3,331 across 43 hospitalsCA$3,331Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 4 hospitals 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,361 across 16 hospitalsOK$1,361Louisiana: median $1,569 across 12 hospitalsLA$1,569Mississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $578 across 17 hospitalsGA$578Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,483 across 36 hospitalsTX$3,483Florida: median $3,389 across 16 hospitalsFL$3,389
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,439. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Wisconsin WI33$4,070+67%$1,782 – $5,319
Texas TX36$3,483+43%$3,298 – $3,657
Florida FL16$3,389+39%$3,389 – $7,725
California CA43$3,331+37%$1,758 – $3,959
Pennsylvania PA14$3,249+33%$2,214 – $5,248
Ohio OH32$3,180+30%$2,470 – $5,156
Michigan MI11$2,4470%$1,113 – $4,070
Iowa IA14$2,4390%$1,925 – $2,439
Illinois IL28$2,4390%$926 – $4,148
New Jersey NJ30$2,301−6%$1,910 – $5,110
New York NY23$2,041−16%$1,818 – $2,222
Indiana IN20$1,594−35%$926 – $2,513
Louisiana LA12$1,569−36%$977 – $2,099
Oklahoma OK16$1,361−44%$1,361 – $2,142
Minnesota MN10$770−68%$361 – $1,980
Georgia GA17$578−76%$578 – $2,575
Tennessee TN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY1not 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 $2,439.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care397$2,439$1,361 – $3,959
Children’s12fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access47$2,439$926 – $4,148
Ownership
For-profit43$2,575$926 – $3,698
Government52$2,041$1,058 – $3,086
Non-profit361$2,457$1,367 – $4,070
System affiliation
Part of a system399$2,575$1,367 – $4,070
Independent58$1,768$539 – $3,033

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,105
Median cash price$2,439
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

321 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,439 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,599; most fall between $1,058 and $3,959.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 321 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
$578$1,325$2,439$3,657$4,070

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($578 vs $4,070).

Of the 349 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 321 gave a usable cash price; 9 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 19 a list price only.

How complete is this

457 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (12%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 506 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted457
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here35
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded13
Hospitals that filed this code506

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 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

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

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Laryngoscopy Flexible W/Injection Agmntj Uni.

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, “Flexible voice box scope with vocal cord filler injection (CPT 31574) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-31574-flexible-voice-box-scope-with-vocal-cord-filler-injection