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Direct Look At The Voice Box To Suction The Airway

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 31515

A scope is passed through the mouth to bring the voice box into direct view so secretions, blood, or other material can be suctioned out of the upper airway. Clearing the airway under direct vision means the suction is aimed exactly where the blockage is. It is done under sedation or anesthesia.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Direct Look At The Voice Box To Suction The Airway cost?

$562

Typical total for the visit. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $182 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$182$145 to $257
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$380$204 to $468

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $105 to $692Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $105 to $282
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $380professional $182

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$371.54
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$25.70

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 7.1 times more in Connecticut 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

Arkansas· 46th of 51

$562

$182 physician + $380 facility

CT $2,931MD $411

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.