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Voice Box Exam With Spacer Placement

Hawaii rates for HCPCS 31527

A procedure in which a rigid viewing instrument is passed through the mouth to look directly at the voice box, and a shaped spacer is left sitting between the vocal cords. The spacer keeps raw surfaces from healing against each other and forming a band of scar tissue that would narrow the airway and change the voice. It is done after an injury or an operation inside the voice box.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Voice Box Exam With Spacer Placement cost?

$1,413

Typical physician fee. In Hawaii, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,413 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $347 to $3,090.

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 $3,890 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $3,890Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $182 to $3,981
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,890professional $1,413

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
$1,513.56
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$239.88
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$331.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$281.84
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07

Where Hawaii sits

The same service costs 22.4 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Hawaii· 3rd of 51

$1,413

CA $4,365DE $195

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.