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Removal Of Object From Voice Box, Mirror Exam

North Dakota 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?

$516

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $516 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $302 to the doctor who performs it, and $214 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$302$224 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$214$132 to $224

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $214 · 10th to 90th $132 to $2,512Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $138 to $490
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $214professional $302

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
$131.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$645.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$389.05
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$501.19

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 47th of 49

$516

$302 physician + $214 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.