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Voice Box Examination With Biopsy

New Mexico 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?

$2,389

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,389 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $251 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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$251$204 to $302
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$1,230 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $537 to $8,710Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $178 to $363
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,138professional $251

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
$213.80
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$10,471.29
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$363.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$269.15
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,818.38
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$436.52

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 26th of 51

$2,389

$251 physician + $2,138 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.