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Direct Look At The Voice Box To Suction The Airway

Nevada 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 July 2026.

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

$1,585

Typical facility fee. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,585 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $224 to $2,239.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $117 to $4,365Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $87 to $363
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,698professional $174

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
$117.49
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,365.16
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$363.08
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where Nevada sits

The same service costs 24.0 times more in New Jersey than in West Virginia. 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.

Nevada· 22nd of 49

$1,585

NJ $4,786WV $200

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.