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Removal Of Object From Voice Box, Mirror Exam

North Carolina 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?

$671

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $671 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $234 to the doctor who performs it, and $437 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$234$166 to $389
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$437$209 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $145 to $6,761Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $132 to $513
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $437professional $234

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
$204.17
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$446.68
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$363.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$407.38
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$28,840.32
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 41st of 49

$671

$234 physician + $437 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.