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Bronchoscopy with Airway Fluid Wash

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During a bronchoscopy, sterile fluid is instilled into a small section of the lung and then withdrawn to collect cells and fluid from deep within the airways for laboratory analysis.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

$1,615

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,615 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $234 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,380 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$234$174 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$912 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $537 to $6,918Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $117 to $617
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,380professional $234

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
$263.03
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$630.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,589.25
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$616.60
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$6,309.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$724.44
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,548.82
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$660.69
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
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$23.99

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 23rd of 51

$1,615

$234 physician + $1,380 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.