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Removal Of Object From Voice Box, Mirror Exam

South Dakota 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?

$656

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $656 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $275 to the doctor who performs it, and $380 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$275$195 to $389
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$380$263 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $174 to $8,710Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $138 to $490
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $380professional $275

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$616.60
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$537.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,659.59
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$478.63
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$436.52
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$562.34
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$512.86

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 43rd of 49

$656

$275 physician + $380 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.