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Diagnostic Voice Box Scope Exam

South 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $437 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$155$105 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$437$275 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $141 to $7,943Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $74 to $437
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $437professional $155

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
$154.88
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$446.68
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$251.19
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$263.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$199.53

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 18th of 51

$174

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.