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Diagnostic Voice Box Scope Exam

Tennessee 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?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $1,072 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$158$110 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,072$490 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $170 to $3,236Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $76 to $437
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,072professional $158

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
$169.82
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$436.52
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$218.78
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$234.42

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 16th of 51

$178

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.