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Diagnostic Bronchoscopy with Cell Sample

Iowa 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?

$3,705

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,705 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$316$186 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$646 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $331 to $6,761Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $129 to $1,148
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $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
$269.15
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$741.31
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$5,248.07
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
$281.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,202.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$676.08
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$676.08
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$691.83
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$660.69

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 13th of 51

$3,705

$316 physician + $3,388 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.