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Removal Of Object From Voice Box, Mirror Exam

Pennsylvania 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?

$3,821

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,821 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $191 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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$191$135 to $229
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$1,514 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $537 to $8,318Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $123 to $331
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $191

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
$588.84
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$302.00
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$363.08
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$363.08
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$354.81
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$1,202.26
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$223.87
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,951.21
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$338.84

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 8th of 49

$3,821

$191 physician + $3,631 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.