Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
Removal of foreign body in voice box using an endoscope with operating microscope or telescope
Washington, DC
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Aiken Regional Medical Centers’s median price of $822 is 78% below the median hospital's median price ($3.7k), higher than 18% of the 1,580 hospitals reporting CPT 31531. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 2 payers, 2 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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