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Diagnostic Voice Box Scope Exam

North Dakota 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?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $339 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 5 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$234$123 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$339$123 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $339 · 10th to 90th $66 to $2,512Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $66 to $363
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $339professional $234

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
$66.07
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$371.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$288.40

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 6th of 51

$234

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.