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Removal Of Object From Voice Box, Mirror Exam

Utah 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?

$3,402

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,402 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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$240$178 to $324
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$302 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $148 to $4,898Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $138 to $513
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,162professional $240

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
$147.91
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$389.05
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$407.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$575.44
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$363.08
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$436.52
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$380.19

Where Utah 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

Utah· 12th of 49

$3,402

$240 physician + $3,162 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.