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Bronchoscopy with Airway Fluid Wash

Delaware rates for HCPCS 31624

During a bronchoscopy, sterile fluid is instilled into a small section of the lung and then withdrawn to collect cells and fluid from deep within the airways for laboratory analysis. This technique, called lavage, samples a broader area than brushing or simple washing.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bronchoscopy with Airway Fluid Wash cost?

$1,804

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,804 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $182 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$182$135 to $309
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$251 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $129 to $7,762Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $112 to $389
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,622professional $182

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
$128.82
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$457.09
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$446.68

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 11.1 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

Delaware· 36th of 51

$1,804

$182 physician + $1,622 facility

CA $5,853MD $525

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.