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Removal Of Object From Voice Box, Mirror Exam

Virginia 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?

$1,404

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,404 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $229 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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$229$158 to $269
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$219 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $148 to $7,079Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $145 to $468
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,175professional $229

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
$229.09
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$2,754.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$346.74
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$398.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$660.69
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$512.86
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$398.11
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,659.59
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$371.54

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 30th of 49

$1,404

$229 physician + $1,175 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.