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Voice Box Examination With Biopsy

Pennsylvania 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 July 2026.

How much does Voice Box Examination With Biopsy cost?

$4,365

Typical facility fee. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,365 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,188 to $7,244.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $537 to $11,749
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,365

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$14,125.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$57,543.99
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$16,982.44
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$11,481.54
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$10,964.78

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 50.1 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. 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.

Pennsylvania· 15th of 50

$4,365

IN $9,772ND $195

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.