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Removal Of Object From Voice Box, Mirror Exam

Massachusetts 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?

$1,789

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,789 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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$240$151 to $363
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$170 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $155 to $3,715Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $126 to $550
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,549professional $240

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
$169.82
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$562.34
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$28,840.32
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$602.56
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$416.87
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$524.81
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$28,840.32
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$562.34

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 25th of 49

$1,789

$240 physician + $1,549 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.