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Diagnostic Voice Box Exam with a Rigid Scope

Iowa rates for HCPCS 31525

A direct exam of the voice box (larynx) using a rigid scope passed through the mouth, without the added magnification of a microscope or telescope. It is used to look for growths, swelling, or other changes affecting the vocal cords and surrounding tissue, and may also allow a view of the upper windpipe. This exam is typically performed under anesthesia so the patient remains still throughout.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Diagnostic Voice Box Exam with a Rigid Scope cost?

$1,829

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,829 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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$417$324 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$617 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $389 to $5,129Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $234 to $724
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,413professional $417

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
$316.23
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$691.83
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$602.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,318.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$691.83
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,737.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$660.69
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$588.84
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
$85.11
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$37.15

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 9.2 times more in Colorado 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Iowa· 15th of 51

$1,829

$417 physician + $1,413 facility

CO $4,674WV $508

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.