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Flexible Voice Box Exam With Foreign Object Removal

Ohio 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 October 2026.

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

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $617 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$240$162 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$617$251 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $132 to $4,365Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $135 to $437
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $617professional $240

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$3,019.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,715.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$354.81
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$436.52
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$446.68
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$436.52
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$131.83
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$478.63
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$27.54

Where Ohio sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in Wisconsin than in Kentucky. 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.

Ohio· 40th of 51

$257

WI $676KY $219

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.