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Ultrasound From Inside The Airway During A Scope Exam

California rates for HCPCS 31620

Use of an ultrasound probe passed down the breathing tubes during an airway scope examination, so the doctor can see through the airway wall to the lymph nodes and other structures just beyond it. It reveals targets the camera alone cannot see and guides sampling to the right spot. It is performed during a larger airway procedure and is billed in addition to it.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Ultrasound From Inside The Airway During A Scope Exam cost?

$4,365

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,365 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,380 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,380$1,380 to $1,380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$3,090 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $12,882Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,380
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,365professional $1,380

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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,348.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,698.24
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$19,498.45
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$575.44

Where California sits

The same service costs 58.9 times more in New York than in South Carolina. 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.

California· 2nd of 33

$4,365

NY $5,888SC $100

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.