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Voice Box Examination With Biopsy

Idaho 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?

$2,828

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,828 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$316$263 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,479 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $759 to $8,511Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $204 to $457
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,512professional $316

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
$1,621.81
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$9,549.93
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$323.59
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$457.09
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$3,235.94
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$363.08
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$12,302.69
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$389.05
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$6,760.83
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$398.11
11 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
$102.33
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$245.47
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 18th of 51

$2,828

$316 physician + $2,512 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.