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Removal Of Object From Voice Box, Mirror Exam

Alaska rates for HCPCS 31511

The voice box is viewed from the back of the throat using a mirror or angled scope held in the mouth, and a foreign object caught there is grasped and pulled out. Nothing is passed down into the windpipe. It is done with the throat numbed, usually in the office, and takes only a few minutes.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of Object From Voice Box, Mirror Exam cost?

$944

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $944 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $355 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$288 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$355$224 to $912

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $155 to $1,950Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $166 to $1,148
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $355professional $589

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$446.68
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$954.99
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,380.38
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,148.15
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$954.99
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 19.0 times more in New Jersey than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 34th of 49

$944

$589 physician + $355 facility

NJ $5,963MD $314

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.