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Diagnostic Voice Box Scope Exam

Utah 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?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $1,318 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$129$66.07 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,318$794 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $129 to $4,786Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $59 to $282
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,318professional $129

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
$128.82
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$234.42
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$263.03
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$575.44
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$208.93
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$263.03
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$208.93

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 47th of 51

$138

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.