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Removal Of Object From Voice Box, Mirror Exam

Colorado 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?

$3,460

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,460 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$224$158 to $263
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$2,138 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $269 to $7,586Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $145 to $407
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $224

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
$251.19
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$407.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$407.38
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$371.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$691.83
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$457.09
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$416.87

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 11th of 49

$3,460

$224 physician + $3,236 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.