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Voice Box Examination With Biopsy

South Dakota 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?

$1,912

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,912 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$398$288 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$339 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $269 to $2,291Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $191 to $525
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $398

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
$186.21
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$537.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,137.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,290.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$512.86
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 38th of 51

$1,912

$398 physician + $1,514 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.