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Flexible Voice Box Exam With Foreign Object Removal

New York rates for HCPCS 31577

This uses a thin, flexible, camera-tipped scope passed through the nose or mouth to examine the voice box and remove a foreign object lodged there. It allows the provider to directly visualize the airway and retrieve the object without open surgery. It's typically done urgently when someone is having trouble breathing, swallowing, or speaking due to something stuck in that area.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Flexible Voice Box Exam With Foreign Object Removal cost?

$447

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $3,162 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 10 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$269$195 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,162$1,622 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $257 to $7,586Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $145 to $708
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,162professional $269

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
$204.17
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$724.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,011.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$676.08
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$6,165.95
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,000.00
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$457.09
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$575.44
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$676.08
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$724.44
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$537.03
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$676.08

Where New York sits

The same service costs 11.5 times more in California than in Rhode Island. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

New York $447 · 7th of 51
CA $2,239RI $195

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.