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
Bakersfield, CA
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San Joaquin Community Hospital’s median price of $200 is 95% below the median hospital's median price ($3.7k), higher than 4% of the 1,558 hospitals reporting CPT 31531. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Last updated: Jul 29, 2026
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