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Bronchoscopy with Airway Fluid Wash

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During a bronchoscopy, sterile fluid is instilled into a small section of the lung and then withdrawn to collect cells and fluid from deep within the airways for laboratory analysis.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

$1,016

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,016 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 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$240$151 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$525 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,479Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $138 to $468
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $776professional $240

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
$144.54
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$416.87
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$457.09
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$524.81
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$467.74
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
$70.79
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$30.90

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 46th of 51

$1,016

$240 physician + $776 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.