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Removal Of Object From Voice Box, Mirror Exam

Nevada 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?

$2,362

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,362 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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$224$148 to $257
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$224 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $138 to $4,786Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $138 to $724
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,138professional $224

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
$138.04
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$724.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$338.84
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$331.13
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$316.23
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$208.93
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$389.05

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 22nd of 49

$2,362

$224 physician + $2,138 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.