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Voice Box Examination With Biopsy

Kansas 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?

$3,913

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,913 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$282$234 to $355
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$1,413 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $955 to $5,623Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $191 to $1,820
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $282

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
$1,023.29
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$398.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$354.81
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
$95.50
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$30.90

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 8th of 51

$3,913

$282 physician + $3,631 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.