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Voice Box Examination With Biopsy

Utah 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?

$3,857

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,857 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $141 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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$141$112 to $240
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$1,995 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $224 to $7,943Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $100 to $316
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $141

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
$223.87
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$371.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$138.04
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$10,964.78
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$316.23
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$389.05
5 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
$97.72
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39

Where Utah 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

Utah· 9th of 51

$3,857

$141 physician + $3,715 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.