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Diagnostic Voice Box Scope Exam

South 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?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 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 8 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$245$117 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$339$324 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $339 · 10th to 90th $132 to $813Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $59 to $372
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $339professional $245

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
$323.59
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$371.54
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$380.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$323.59
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$954.99
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$281.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$251.19
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$316.23
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$309.03

Where South 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.

South Dakota· 3rd of 51

$245

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.