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Diagnostic Bronchoscopy with Cell Sample

Kentucky 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?

$1,938

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,938 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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$240$145 to $302
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$525 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $229 to $3,020Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $123 to $417
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $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
$190.55
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$446.68
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$147.91
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$323.59
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$194.98
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,412.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$446.68

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 39th of 51

$1,938

$240 physician + $1,698 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.