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Removal Of Object From Voice Box, Mirror Exam

Illinois 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?

$1,527

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,527 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $209 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$209$155 to $309
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$380 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $234 to $5,370Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $129 to $447
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,318professional $209

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
$234.42
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$389.05
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$776.25
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$281.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$398.11

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 28th of 49

$1,527

$209 physician + $1,318 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.