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Diagnostic Bronchoscopy with Cell Sample

Maine 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?

$1,430

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,430 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,148 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$282$162 to $355
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,148$646 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $646 to $3,236Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $138 to $468
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,148professional $282

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$331.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$562.34
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$549.54
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,659.59
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$562.34

Where Maine 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

Maine· 43rd of 51

$1,430

$282 physician + $1,148 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.