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During a bronchoscopy, sterile fluid is instilled into a small section of the lung and then withdrawn to collect cells and fluid from deep within the airways for laboratory analysis.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

How much does Bronchoscopy with Airway Fluid Wash cost?

$2,973

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,973 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $219 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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$219$123 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$832 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $275 to $10,965Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $2 to $692
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $219

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
$275.42
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$691.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$11,748.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$6,309.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$724.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$630.96

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 21st of 51

$2,973

$219 physician + $2,754 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.