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Voice Box Examination With Biopsy

Louisiana 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?

$2,299

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,299 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $257 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$257$204 to $316
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$1,622 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $912 to $5,888Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $182 to $347
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,042professional $257

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
$446.68
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$295.12
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$363.08
6 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
$109.65
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$33.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GC · Resident with teaching physician
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 27th of 51

$2,299

$257 physician + $2,042 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.