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Removal Of Object From Voice Box, Mirror Exam

Kentucky 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?

$2,486

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,486 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $195 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$195$132 to $229
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,413 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $398 to $4,365Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $126 to $324
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,291professional $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
$125.89
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$371.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,365.16
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$251.19
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$199.53
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,230.27
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$354.81

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 21st of 49

$2,486

$195 physician + $2,291 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.