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Diagnostic Bronchoscopy with Cell Sample

New Mexico 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?

$2,138

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,138 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $275 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$275$166 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$398 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $200 to $5,623Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $132 to $692
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,862professional $275

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
$190.55
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$478.63
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$346.74
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$602.56
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$524.81

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 33rd of 51

$2,138

$275 physician + $1,862 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.