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Diagnostic Bronchoscopy with Cell Sample

Georgia 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?

$3,372

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,372 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$282$191 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,380 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $708 to $6,761Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $145 to $661
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $282

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
$489.78
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$691.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$275.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$489.78
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$575.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$549.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$169.82
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$512.86

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 15th of 51

$3,372

$282 physician + $3,090 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.