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Diagnostic Bronchoscopy with Cell Sample

Connecticut 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?

$5,214

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,214 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$316$234 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$3,802 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $3,162 to $8,511Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $151 to $724
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $316

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
$3,090.30
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$794.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$588.84
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$562.34
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$562.34

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 3rd of 51

$5,214

$316 physician + $4,898 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.