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Diagnostic Bronchoscopy with Cell Sample

Massachusetts 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?

$2,214

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,214 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$309$174 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$209 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $148 to $5,129Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $126 to $776
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $309

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
$251.19
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,122.02
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$19,498.45
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$676.08
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$562.34
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$724.44
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.41
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,137.96
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,071.52
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$19,498.45
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$758.58

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 31st of 51

$2,214

$309 physician + $1,905 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.