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Removal Of Object From Voice Box, Mirror Exam

Florida 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?

$3,272

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,272 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $182 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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$182$135 to $229
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,514 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $741 to $10,471Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $115 to $324
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,090professional $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
$741.31
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$323.59
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$11,220.18
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$389.05
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,365.16
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$204.17
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$371.54
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$218.78

Where Florida 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

Florida· 14th of 49

$3,272

$182 physician + $3,090 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.