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Voice Box Examination With Biopsy

North Dakota 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?

$1,852

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,852 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$339$275 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$186 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $186 to $2,754Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $195 to $437
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,514professional $339

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
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$616.60
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$407.38

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 41st of 51

$1,852

$339 physician + $1,514 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.