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Voice Box Examination With Biopsy

Indiana 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?

$3,961

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,961 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$245$195 to $288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$1,585 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $562 to $14,125Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $166 to $380
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,715professional $245

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
$199.53
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$229.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$17,378.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$380.19
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$398.11
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,370.32
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$331.13
5 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
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$21.38

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 7th of 51

$3,961

$245 physician + $3,715 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.