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Diagnostic Bronchoscopy with Cell Sample

Delaware 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?

$2,994

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,994 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$240$132 to $309
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$2,399 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $7,762Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $126 to $447
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $240

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
$1,778.28
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$446.68
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$446.68

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 23rd of 51

$2,994

$240 physician + $2,754 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.