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Diagnostic Bronchoscopy with Cell Sample

Alabama 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?

$2,029

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,029 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $251 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$251$174 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$776 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $257 to $4,169Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $132 to $417
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $251

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
$218.78
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$416.87
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$380.19

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 37th of 51

$2,029

$251 physician + $1,778 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.