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Bronchoscopy with Airway Fluid Wash

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During a bronchoscopy, sterile fluid is instilled into a small section of the lung and then withdrawn to collect cells and fluid from deep within the airways for laboratory analysis.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

$1,551

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,551 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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$263$186 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$759 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $525 to $2,884Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $132 to $2,455
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $263

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
$1,905.46
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$416.87
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$457.09
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$524.81
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
$60.26
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$31.62

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 28th of 51

$1,551

$263 physician + $1,288 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.