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Diagnostic Bronchoscopy with Cell Sample

West 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?

$3,166

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,166 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$282$151 to $282
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$2,570 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $234 to $4,467Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $132 to $302
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,884professional $282

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
$234.42
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$302.00
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$173.78
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,412.54
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$426.58

Where West 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

West Virginia· 18th of 51

$3,166

$282 physician + $2,884 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.