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Removal Of Object From Voice Box, Mirror Exam

West 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?

$395

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $395 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $195 to the doctor who performs it, and $200 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$195$148 to $234
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$200$129 to $200

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $129 to $1,413Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $129 to $257
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $200professional $195

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
$128.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$257.04
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$169.82
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$323.59

Where West 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

West Virginia· 48th of 49

$395

$195 physician + $200 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.