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Flexible Voice Box Exam With Foreign Object Removal

Vermont 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?

$295

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $295 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $182 to $295.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $182 to $398
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0Kprofessional $295

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$630.96

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont $295 · 32nd 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.