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Bronchoscopy with Airway Fluid Wash

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During a bronchoscopy, sterile fluid is instilled into a small section of the lung and then withdrawn to collect cells and fluid from deep within the airways for laboratory analysis.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

$1,342

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,342 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,096 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$245$178 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$794 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $525 to $2,951Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $141 to $427
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,096professional $245

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
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$426.58
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$389.05
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$512.86
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
$79.43
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$42.66

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 34th of 51

$1,342

$245 physician + $1,096 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.