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Diagnostic Voice Box Scope Exam

Delaware 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?

$123

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $501 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 4 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$120$74.13 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$407 to $537

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $295 to $6,607Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $68 to $275
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $501professional $120

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
$295.12
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$208.93
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$165.96

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 48th of 51

$123

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.