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Removal Of Object From Voice Box, Mirror Exam

Connecticut 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?

$4,929

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,929 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $251 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,677 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$251$209 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,677$3,467 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $8,511Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $138 to $550
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,677professional $251

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
$2,691.53
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$645.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$10,471.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$524.81
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$489.78

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 2nd of 49

$4,929

$251 physician + $4,677 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.