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Diagnostic Bronchoscopy with Cell Sample

Colorado 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?

$5,075

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,075 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $288 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,786 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$288$155 to $398
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,786$2,138 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $302 to $8,318Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $145 to $537
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,786professional $288

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
$302.00
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$537.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$489.78
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$478.63
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$467.74
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$616.60
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$501.19

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 6th of 51

$5,075

$288 physician + $4,786 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.