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Diagnostic Bronchoscopy with Cell Sample

Maryland 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?

$545

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $545 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $275 to the doctor who performs it, and $269 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$275$151 to $398
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$269$138 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $59 to $3,715Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $126 to $724
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $269professional $275

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
$58.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$758.58
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$489.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$478.63
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$436.52

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 51st of 51

$545

$275 physician + $269 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.