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Removal Of Object From Voice Box, Mirror Exam

Indiana 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?

$4,269

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,269 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $195 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$195$148 to $234
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$3,090 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $8,318Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $129 to $288
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $195

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
$186.21
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$257.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$288.40
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$331.13

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 6th of 49

$4,269

$195 physician + $4,074 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.