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Removal Of Object From Voice Box, Mirror Exam

Nebraska 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?

$4,641

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,641 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $275 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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$275$195 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$1,445 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $263 to $13,490Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $123 to $724
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,365professional $275

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
$2,344.23
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$602.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,659.59
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$616.60
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$524.81

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 3rd of 49

$4,641

$275 physician + $4,365 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.