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Voice Box Examination With Biopsy

Maryland 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?

$257

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $200 to $912.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $468 to $2,692Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $170 to $380
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,622professional $214

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$426.58
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$478.63
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$467.74
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$257.04
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
$100.00
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$22.39

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 6.6 times more in Kansas than in New York. 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.

Maryland· 37th of 51

$257

KS $1,259NY $191

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.