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Bronchoscopy With Marker Placement

New Mexico rates for HCPCS 31626

Passes a thin scope through the mouth or nose into the airways of the lung and places tiny metal markers in or beside a tumor. The markers show up clearly on scans and let radiation treatment be aimed precisely, allowing for the way the lung moves with breathing.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Bronchoscopy With Marker Placement cost?

$3,625

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,625 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$389$257 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,698 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $6,761Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $214 to $1,175
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,236professional $389

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
$223.87
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,754.40
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,096.48
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$1,071.52
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,073.80
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where New Mexico sits

The same service costs 11.1 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

New Mexico· 22nd of 51

$3,625

$389 physician + $3,236 facility

CO $11,265MT $1,011

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.