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Diagnostic Bronchoscopy with Cell Sample

Virginia 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?

$1,196

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,196 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $933 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$263$155 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$933$263 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $162 to $7,079Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $145 to $537
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $933professional $263

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
$218.78
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$549.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$398.11
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$467.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$891.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$588.84
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$524.81
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$4,073.80
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$467.74

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 45th of 51

$1,196

$263 physician + $933 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.