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Diagnostic Voice Box Scope Exam

Kansas 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 Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $977 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$148$110 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$977$245 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $141 to $6,457Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $74 to $209
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $977professional $148

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
$169.82
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$208.93
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$223.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$177.83

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 20th 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.