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Diagnostic Bronchoscopy with Cell Sample

Michigan 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?

$2,876

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,876 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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$245$162 to $324
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$525 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $219 to $6,310Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $129 to $427
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $245

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
$218.78
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$389.05
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$416.87
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$489.78
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$398.11

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 26th of 51

$2,876

$245 physician + $2,630 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.