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Diagnostic Bronchoscopy with Cell Sample

Montana 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?

$696

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $696 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $269 to the doctor who performs it, and $427 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$269$145 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$427$229 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $224 to $3,090Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $126 to $661
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $427professional $269

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
$2,187.76
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,388.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$524.81
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$537.03
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$537.03
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$537.03
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$562.34

Where Montana 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

Montana· 49th of 51

$696

$269 physician + $427 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.