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Diagnostic Voice Box Scope Exam

New Jersey 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?

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $3,631 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$135$81.28 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,631$676 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $148 to $9,333Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $68 to $562
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $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
$147.91
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$575.44
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$26,915.35
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$338.84
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$239.88
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$891.25
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$223.87

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 29th of 51

$158

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.