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Diagnostic Voice Box Scope Exam

Nebraska 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 Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $537 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$229$123 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$251 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $138 to $8,511Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $65 to $550
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $537professional $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
$138.04
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$562.34
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$302.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$562.34
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$954.99
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$338.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$302.00

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 5th 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.