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Removal Of Object From Voice Box, Mirror Exam

Oklahoma 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?

$1,488

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,488 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $200 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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$200$158 to $251
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$603 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $186 to $6,310Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $129 to $275
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,288professional $200

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
$234.42
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$288.40
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$295.12

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 29th of 49

$1,488

$200 physician + $1,288 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.