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Voice Box Examination With Biopsy

Kentucky 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?

$1,864

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,864 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $204 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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$204$182 to $275
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$794 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $251 to $4,169Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $158 to $324
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $204

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
$181.97
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$2,290.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$275.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$302.00
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$2,691.53
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,202.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$346.74
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
$91.20
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$22.91

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 40th of 51

$1,864

$204 physician + $1,660 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.