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Diagnostic Bronchoscopy with Cell Sample

Illinois 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?

$2,108

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,108 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$245$151 to $339
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$724 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $245 to $5,754Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $129 to $525
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $245

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
$245.47
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$489.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$10,964.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$446.68
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,071.52
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$331.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$489.78

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 34th of 51

$2,108

$245 physician + $1,862 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.