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Diagnostic Voice Box Scope Exam

Illinois 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?

$145

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $661 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$132$91.20 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$240 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $123 to $4,169Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $66 to $275
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $661professional $132

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
$123.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$281.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$239.88
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$512.86
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$169.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$229.09

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 39th of 51

$145

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.