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Voice Box Exam With Spacer Placement

Pennsylvania 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?

$4,001

Typical total for the visit. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,001 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $200 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$200$186 to $240
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$1,738 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $933 to $8,318Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $174 to $427
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $200

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
$954.99
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$954.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$380.19
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$281.84
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$363.08
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$2,570.40
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$257.04
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,238.72
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$389.05

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 25.0 times more in Indiana 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

Pennsylvania· 21st of 50

$4,001

$200 physician + $3,802 facility

IN $10,219WV $409

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.