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Voice Box Examination With Biopsy

Michigan 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?

$3,130

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,130 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$219 to $257
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,148 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $490 to $5,754Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $170 to $275
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $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
$245.47
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$269.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,011.87
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$660.69
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$7,762.47
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$295.12
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$316.23
10 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
$112.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$26.30
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 14th of 51

$3,130

$245 physician + $2,884 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.