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Removal Of Object From Voice Box, Mirror Exam

Arkansas 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?

$554

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $554 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $182 to the doctor who performs it, and $372 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$182$162 to $257
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$372$182 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $170 to $1,820Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $115 to $295
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $372professional $182

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$346.74

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 45th of 49

$554

$182 physician + $372 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.