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Diagnostic Bronchoscopy with Cell Sample

Utah 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?

$2,954

Typical total for the visit. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,954 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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$324$191 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,413 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $355 to $4,677Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $129 to $631
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,630professional $324

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
$354.81
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$457.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$575.44
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,128.61
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$457.09
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$588.84
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$501.19

Where Utah 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

Utah· 25th of 51

$2,954

$324 physician + $2,630 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.