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Diagnostic Bronchoscopy with Cell Sample

Mississippi 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?

$1,180

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,180 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $288 to the doctor who performs it, and $891 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$288$148 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$891$603 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $251 to $3,090Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $132 to $617
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $891professional $288

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
$138.04
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$616.60
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$407.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$630.96

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 46th of 51

$1,180

$288 physician + $891 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.