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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 July 2026.

How much does Voice Box Examination With Biopsy cost?

$1,413

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,413 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $575 to $5,888.

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 $1,413 · 10th to 90th $380 to $10,965
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,413

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$16,982.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,819.70
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,549.93

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 50.1 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. 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.

Minnesota· 43rd of 50

$1,413

IN $9,772ND $195

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.