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Voice Box Examination With Biopsy

New Jersey 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?

$3,277

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,277 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $186 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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$186$162 to $282
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,950 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $955 to $8,128Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $132 to $407
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $186

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
$162.18
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$501.19
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$14,125.38
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$407.38
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
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$20.42

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 13th of 51

$3,277

$186 physician + $3,090 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.