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Diagnostic Voice Box Scope Exam

Minnesota 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?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $468 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$229$138 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$339 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $141 to $1,698Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $89 to $457
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $468professional $229

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
$70.79
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$549.54
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,000.00
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$426.58

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$240

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.