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Removal Of Object From Voice Box, Mirror Exam

Idaho 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?

$660

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $660 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $288 to the doctor who performs it, and $372 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$288$195 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$372$234 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $166 to $4,467Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $178 to $457
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $372professional $288

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
$1,621.81
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$363.08
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$512.86
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$416.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$77.62
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$645.65
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$436.52
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$446.68
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$389.05

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 42nd of 49

$660

$288 physician + $372 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.