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Removal Of Object From Voice Box, Mirror Exam

New Jersey 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?

$5,963

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,963 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $209 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,754 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$209$138 to $257
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,754$3,981 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $501 to $10,471Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $120 to $550
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,754professional $209

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
$371.54
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$524.81
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$398.11
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$891.25
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$389.05

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 1st of 49

$5,963

$209 physician + $5,754 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.