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Diagnostic Bronchoscopy with Cell Sample

North Dakota 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?

$558

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $558 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $263 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$295$245 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$263$132 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $132 to $4,169Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $132 to $575
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $263professional $295

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
$263.03
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$416.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$575.44

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 50th of 51

$558

$295 physician + $263 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.