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Removal Of Object From Voice Box, Mirror Exam

Mississippi 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?

$848

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $848 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $603 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$245$182 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$603$339 to $912

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $141 to $1,622Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $138 to $513
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $603professional $245

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
$645.65
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$323.59
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$446.68

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 35th of 49

$848

$245 physician + $603 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.