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Voice Box Exam With Slow-Motion Vocal Cord Imaging

New Mexico rates for HCPCS 31579

This procedure uses a scope, inserted through the mouth or nose, to examine the voice box while a special strobing light captures the vocal cords in slow motion as a person speaks or sings. It helps assess how well the vocal cords vibrate and close together. It's commonly used to evaluate hoarseness or other voice problems.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Voice Box Exam With Slow-Motion Vocal Cord Imaging cost?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $537 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$214$166 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$219 to $1,514

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $158 to $2,138Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $129 to $339
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $537professional $214

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
$134.90
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$346.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$275.42
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,288.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$380.19

Where New Mexico sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Wisconsin than in Maryland. 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.

New Mexico· 27th of 51

$229

WI $537MD $182

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.