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Diagnostic Bronchoscopy with Cell Sample

Arkansas 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?

$1,542

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,542 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$224$174 to $309
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$603 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $200 to $2,239Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $123 to $501
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,318professional $224

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
$194.98
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$537.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$331.13
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$416.87
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$436.52

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 41st of 51

$1,542

$224 physician + $1,318 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.