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Bronchoscopy with Airway Fluid Wash

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During a bronchoscopy, sterile fluid is instilled into a small section of the lung and then withdrawn to collect cells and fluid from deep within the airways for laboratory analysis.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

$1,844

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,844 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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$398$245 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$724 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $275 to $6,310Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $135 to $912
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,445professional $398

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
$69.18
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,096.48
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,995.26
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$891.25

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 35th of 51

$1,844

$398 physician + $1,445 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.