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Diagnostic Voice Box Scope Exam

Missouri 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?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $1,023 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$141$97.72 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,023$282 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $102 to $4,266Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $69 to $398
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,023professional $141

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
$74.13
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$436.52
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$190.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$295.12
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$912.01
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$213.80

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 24th of 51

$162

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.