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Diagnostic Voice Box Scope Exam

Virginia 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?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $229 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$129$89.13 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$229$132 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $229 · 10th to 90th $83 to $6,918Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $74 to $234
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $229professional $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
$109.65
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$229.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$208.93
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$229.09
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$398.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$309.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$229.09
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$1,659.59
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$208.93

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 44th of 51

$141

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.