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Bronchoscopy with Airway Fluid Wash

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During a bronchoscopy, sterile fluid is instilled into a small section of the lung and then withdrawn to collect cells and fluid from deep within the airways for laboratory analysis.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

$1,089

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,089 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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$295$182 to $363
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$617 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $468 to $2,630Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $132 to $631
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $794professional $295

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
$229.09
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$630.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$398.11
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$645.65
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
$69.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$63.10

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 44th of 51

$1,089

$295 physician + $794 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.