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Removal Of Object From Voice Box, Mirror Exam

Minnesota 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?

$978

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $978 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $589 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$389$275 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$589$316 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $224 to $1,622Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $200 to $759
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $589professional $389

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
$138.04
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$891.25
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,621.81
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$758.58

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 33rd of 49

$978

$389 physician + $589 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.