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Diagnostic Bronchoscopy with Cell Sample

New Jersey 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?

$5,627

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,627 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $257 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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$257$145 to $324
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$3,467 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $275 to $10,233Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $123 to $676
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $257

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
$275.42
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$3,090.30
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$17,378.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$645.65
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$537.03
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$8,709.64
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$478.63

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 2nd of 51

$5,627

$257 physician + $5,370 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.