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Removal Of Object From Voice Box, Mirror Exam

New York 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?

$3,460

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,460 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$224$166 to $339
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,622 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $224 to $7,413Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $138 to $575
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $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
$186.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$602.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,011.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$549.54
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$6,165.95
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$776.25
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$446.68
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$457.09
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$446.68
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$575.44
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$436.52
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$446.68

Where New York 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 York· 10th of 49

$3,460

$224 physician + $3,236 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.