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During a bronchoscopy, sterile fluid is instilled into a small section of the lung and then withdrawn to collect cells and fluid from deep within the airways for laboratory analysis.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

How much does Bronchoscopy with Airway Fluid Wash cost?

$1,960

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,960 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$447$282 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$603 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $282 to $4,365Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $204 to $891
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $447

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
$141.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,456.54
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,096.48
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,071.52
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$954.99
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$891.25
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$28.18

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 14th of 51

$1,960

$447 physician + $1,514 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.