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Removal Of Object From Voice Box, Mirror Exam

Montana 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?

$564

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $564 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $282 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$282$229 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$282$229 to $363

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $282 · 10th to 90th $219 to $389Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $145 to $724
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $282professional $282

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$354.81
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$389.05
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$389.05
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$354.81
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$489.78

Where Montana 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

Montana· 44th of 49

$564

$282 physician + $282 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.