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Diagnostic Bronchoscopy with Cell Sample

Minnesota 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?

$1,488

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,488 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,072 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$417$269 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,072$724 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $263 to $5,888Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $174 to $871
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,072professional $417

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
$131.83
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,071.52
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,949.84
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$933.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$851.14

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 42nd of 51

$1,488

$417 physician + $1,072 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.