Throat examination with a camera and stroboscopic light at Rush Medical Foundation

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.

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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

PR LARYNGOSCOPY, FLEX/RIGID TELESCOPIC, W/STROBOSCOPY

Quitman, MS

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Rush Medical Foundation’s median price of $297 is 42% below the median hospital's median price ($510), higher than 12% of the 1,688 hospitals reporting CPT 31579. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 31579 at Rush Medical Foundation

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 11 payers, 24 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.

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1	Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$98	$98	$10	10%	—	$88 – $108
2	Cigna Healthspring all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$108	$108	—	—	—	$108 – $108
3	Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$108	$108	—	—	—	$108 – $108
4	WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$108	$108	—	—	—	$108 – $108
5	Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$109	$143	$80	56%	—	$97 – $303
6	Ambetter all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$151	$151	—	—	—	$151 – $151
7	UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient	$217	$217	—	—	—	$217 – $217
8	Cigna all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$228	$228	—	—	—	$228 – $228
9	UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$300	$236	$91	38%	—	$108 – $300
10	Humana all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$250	$250	—	—	—	$250 – $250
11	Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$297	$297	—	—	—	$297 – $297
12	Cigna all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$297	$297	—	—	—	$297 – $297
13	Cigna Healthspring all payor other · outpatient	$310	$310	—	—	—	$310 – $310
14	Humana all payor other · outpatient	$310	$310	—	—	—	$310 – $310
15	Optum all payor other · outpatient	$310	$310	—	—	—	$310 – $310
16	UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient	$310	$310	—	—	—	$310 – $310
17	Ambetter all payor other · outpatient	$313	$313	—	—	—	$313 – $313
18	Molina all payor other · outpatient	$313	$313	—	—	—	$313 – $313
19	WellCare all payor other · outpatient	$313	$313	—	—	—	$313 – $313
20	Aetna all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$347	$347	—	—	—	$347 – $347
21	Bcbs Ms all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$396	$396	$63	16%	—	$333 – $459
22	MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$401	$401	—	—	—	$401 – $401
23	Bcbs Ms all payor other · outpatient	$427	$427	—	—	—	$427 – $427
24	MultiPlan all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$456	$456	—	—	—	$456 – $456

Last updated: Apr 1, 2026

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