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Removal Of Object From Voice Box, Mirror Exam

New Hampshire 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?

$1,658

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,658 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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$186 to $363
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$759 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $479 to $7,413Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $129 to $479
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,413professional $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
$478.63
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$229.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,630.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$549.54
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$562.34

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 26th of 49

$1,658

$245 physician + $1,413 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.