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Diagnostic Bronchoscopy with Cell Sample

South Carolina 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?

$3,634

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,634 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$245$158 to $363
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$417 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $209 to $9,772Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $129 to $891
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $245

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
$199.53
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$954.99
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$489.78
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$549.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$478.63

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 14th of 51

$3,634

$245 physician + $3,388 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.