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Diagnostic Bronchoscopy with Cell Sample

Nebraska 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?

$3,798

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,798 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$331$191 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$646 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $269 to $9,550Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $120 to $692
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,467professional $331

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
$269.15
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$691.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$11,748.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$691.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,862.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$707.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$602.56

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 12th of 51

$3,798

$331 physician + $3,467 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.