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Voice Box Examination With Biopsy

Alaska rates for HCPCS 31535

Passes a rigid viewing tube through the mouth while the patient is asleep so the surgeon can see the voice box directly and take a tissue sample for the laboratory. It is used to work out the cause of hoarseness, a growth, or a suspicious area on the vocal cords. This version is done without a microscope or telescope attached for magnified viewing.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Voice Box Examination With Biopsy cost?

$4,649

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,649 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$759$309 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$2,512 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $11,749Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $209 to $1,023
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $759

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$13,489.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$630.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$11,748.98
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,148.15
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,981.07
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$13,489.63
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 11.3 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

Alaska· 4th of 51

$4,649

$759 physician + $3,890 facility

CO $6,301MT $557

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.