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Voice Box Examination With Biopsy

Minnesota 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?

$1,149

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,149 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $741 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$407$295 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$741$339 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $200 to $7,079Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $214 to $776
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $741professional $407

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
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$13,803.84
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$851.14
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$758.58
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$794.33
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$23.99

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 49th of 51

$1,149

$407 physician + $741 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.