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Voice Box Examination With Biopsy

South Carolina 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?

$2,007

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,007 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $229 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$229$166 to $302
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$871 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $661 to $10,000Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $145 to $380
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $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
$229.09
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$251.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$389.05
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$457.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$380.19
6 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
$91.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$223.87

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 32nd of 51

$2,007

$229 physician + $1,778 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.