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Voice Box Examination With Biopsy

Oregon 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?

$710

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $710 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $372 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$339$269 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$372$331 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $263 to $6,026Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $174 to $550
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $372professional $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
$338.84
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$512.86
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$416.87
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$8,709.64
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$467.74
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$380.19
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,365.16
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$549.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$14,454.40
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$660.69
10 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
$112.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 50th of 51

$710

$339 physician + $372 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.