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Diagnostic Voice Box Scope Exam

North Carolina 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 North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $269 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$135$97.72 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$269$129 to $490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $79 to $912Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $65 to $380
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $269professional $135

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
$79.43
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$389.05
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$275.42
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$213.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$223.87
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 40th 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.