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Diagnostic Voice Box Scope Exam

Alaska rates for HCPCS 31575

This procedure passes a thin, flexible scope through the nose or mouth to directly view the voice box, examining it for signs of inflammation, growths, or abnormal movement of the vocal cords. It is a diagnostic look rather than a treatment procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Diagnostic Voice Box Scope Exam cost?

$269

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $316 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$269$141 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$316$148 to $933

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $316 · 10th to 90th $81 to $1,413Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $78 to $575
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $316professional $269

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
$338.84
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$218.78
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$575.44
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$812.83
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$676.08
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$575.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$630.96

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Wisconsin than in Rhode Island. 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$269

WI $398RI $91.20

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.