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Bronchoscopy with Brush Cell Sampling

Tennessee rates for HCPCS 31623

During a bronchoscopy, a small brush is passed through the scope and gently rubbed against the airway lining to collect cells for lab testing. It's often used to help diagnose infections or abnormal cell changes in the airway.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Bronchoscopy with Brush Cell Sampling cost?

$1,564

Typical total for the visit. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,564 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $275 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$275$186 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$759 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $525 to $2,884Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $132 to $1,995
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $275

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$489.78
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$562.34
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$33.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$169.82

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 7.5 times more in Colorado than in North Dakota. 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

Tennessee· 27th of 51

$1,564

$275 physician + $1,288 facility

CO $4,485ND $599

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.