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Diagnostic Bronchoscopy with Cell Sample

Alaska rates for HCPCS 31622

A thin, flexible scope is passed through the nose or mouth into the airways to examine the lungs and airway passages, with a saline wash used to collect cells for lab testing. It is a diagnostic exam rather than a treatment procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Diagnostic Bronchoscopy with Cell Sample cost?

$1,257

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,257 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $708 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$550$275 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$708$331 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $162 to $6,457Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $145 to $1,349
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $708professional $550

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$467.74
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,122.02
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,621.81
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,380.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,122.02
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 10.9 times more in California 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 44th of 51

$1,257

$550 physician + $708 facility

CA $5,912MD $545

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.