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Diagnostic Bronchoscopy with Cell Sample

South Dakota 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?

$4,471

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,471 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $302 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,169 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$302$214 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,169$589 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $245 to $4,169Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $132 to $575
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $4,169professional $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
$3,090.30
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$575.44
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$741.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$812.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$549.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$501.19
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$645.65
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$691.83

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 8th of 51

$4,471

$302 physician + $4,169 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.