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Removal Of Object From Voice Box, Mirror Exam

Oregon 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?

$754

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $754 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $347 to the doctor who performs it, and $407 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$347$234 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$407$302 to $447

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $209 to $6,026Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $195 to $589
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $407professional $347

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
$331.13
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$562.34
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$512.86
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$467.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$489.78
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$512.86
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$537.03
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$794.33
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$562.34

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 37th of 49

$754

$347 physician + $407 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.