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Diagnostic Bronchoscopy with Cell Sample

Arizona 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?

$3,159

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,159 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $275 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$275$155 to $398
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,585 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $389 to $6,457Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $129 to $724
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,884professional $275

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
$977.24
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$724.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$407.38

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 19th of 51

$3,159

$275 physician + $2,884 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.