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Diagnostic Bronchoscopy with Cell Sample

New Hampshire 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?

$2,040

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,040 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $302 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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$302$219 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$1,175 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $550 to $8,710Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $138 to $631
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,738professional $302

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
$524.81
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,019.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$645.65
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$8,709.64
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$741.31

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 36th of 51

$2,040

$302 physician + $1,738 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.