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Diagnostic Voice Box Scope Exam

Montana 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?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $195 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$141$100 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$195$120 to $234

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $195 · 10th to 90th $117 to $550Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $69 to $490
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $195professional $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
$239.88
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$204.17
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$239.88
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$239.88
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$208.93
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$288.40

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 45th of 51

$141

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.