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Removal Of Object From Voice Box, Mirror Exam

South Carolina 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?

$775

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $775 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $200 to the doctor who performs it, and $575 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$200$162 to $251
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$575$251 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $170 to $9,772Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $129 to $331
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $575professional $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
$162.18
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$426.58
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$478.63
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$363.08

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 36th of 49

$775

$200 physician + $575 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.