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Diagnostic Voice Box Scope Exam

Alabama 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?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $468 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 5 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$117$97.72 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$195 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $162 to $1,622Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $71 to $251
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $468professional $117

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
$208.93
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$269.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$169.82

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 31st of 51

$151

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.