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Voice Box Examination With Biopsy

Oklahoma 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?

$2,468

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,468 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $229 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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$229$204 to $257
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,148 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $479 to $5,623Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $182 to $2,138
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $229

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
$269.15
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$3,162.28
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$302.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$6,165.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$295.12

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 22nd of 51

$2,468

$229 physician + $2,239 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.