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Voice Box Examination With Biopsy

Tennessee 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?

$2,754

Typical facility fee. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,754 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,820 to $4,074.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $617 to $6,026
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,754

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
$478.63
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$28,840.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,309.57

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 32nd of 50

$2,754

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.