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Removal Of Object From Voice Box, Mirror Exam

Arizona 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?

$2,900

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,900 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $209 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$209$148 to $257
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,445 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $251 to $6,607Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $132 to $724
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,692professional $209

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
$1,905.46
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$363.08
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$323.59

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 19th of 49

$2,900

$209 physician + $2,692 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.