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Diagnostic Bronchoscopy with Cell Sample

Louisiana 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 Louisiana, 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$240$191 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$933 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $339 to $4,365Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $138 to $417
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $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
$275.42
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$416.87
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$380.19
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$478.63

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 38th 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.