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Removal Of Object From Voice Box, Mirror Exam

Iowa 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?

$3,260

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,260 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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$309$195 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$457 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $288 to $6,761Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $138 to $1,072
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $309

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
$309.03
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$616.60
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$575.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,513.56
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$588.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$524.81
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$501.19

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 15th of 49

$3,260

$309 physician + $2,951 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.