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Diagnostic Voice Box Scope Exam

Michigan 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 Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $219 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$123$81.28 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$219$178 to $398

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $219 · 10th to 90th $112 to $1,445Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $66 to $214
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $219professional $123

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
$112.20
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$218.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$173.78
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$213.80
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$181.97

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 37th 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.