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Diagnostic Voice Box Scope Exam

Arizona 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?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $1,950 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$155$107 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,950$427 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $155 to $6,457Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $74 to $550
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $155

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
$331.13
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$549.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$204.17
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$181.97

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 21st of 51

$170

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.