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Removal Of Object From Voice Box, Mirror Exam

Hawaii 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?

$170

Typical physician fee. In Hawaii, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $117 to $269.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $3,890Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $100 to $302
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $3,890professional $170

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
$1,148.15
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$269.15
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$309.03
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$302.00

Where Hawaii sits

The same service costs 15.1 times more in California than in Rhode Island. 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.

Hawaii· 50th of 51

$170

CA $2,570RI $170

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.