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Diagnostic Voice Box Scope Exam

Colorado 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?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 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 7 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$83.18 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$724 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $155 to $6,457Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $72 to $389
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $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
$154.88
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$389.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$251.19
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$213.80
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$363.08
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$275.42
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$245.47

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 8th of 51

$219

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.