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Diagnostic Bronchoscopy with Cell Sample

North Carolina 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?

$2,358

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,358 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $269 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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$269$151 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$331 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $178 to $6,607Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $129 to $708
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,089professional $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
$194.98
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$691.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$537.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$537.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$489.78
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$19,498.45
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 30th of 51

$2,358

$269 physician + $2,089 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.