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Bronchoscopy with Airway Fluid Wash

Kansas 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During a bronchoscopy, sterile fluid is instilled into a small section of the lung and then withdrawn to collect cells and fluid from deep within the airways for laboratory analysis.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 October 2026.

How much does Bronchoscopy with Airway Fluid Wash cost?

$1,575

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,575 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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$316$224 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$794 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $501 to $3,715Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $170 to $1,259
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,259professional $316

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
$416.87
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$416.87
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$501.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$426.58
5 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
$66.07
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$41.69

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 8.2 times more in Colorado than in West Virginia. 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

Kansas· 26th of 51

$1,575

$316 physician + $1,259 facility

CO $4,192WV $514

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.