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Voice Box Examination With Biopsy

Iowa 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 July 2026.

How much does Voice Box Examination With Biopsy cost?

$3,388

Typical facility fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,388 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $501 to $5,754.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $355 to $8,511Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $186 to $776
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $447

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
$275.42
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$9,549.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$9,772.37

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 50.1 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. 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.

Iowa· 27th of 50

$3,388

IN $9,772ND $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.