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Bronchoscopy with Lung Tissue Biopsy

Alabama rates for HCPCS 31628

During a bronchoscopy, a small forceps is passed through the scope and into the lung tissue beyond the airway walls to take a tissue sample from one section (lobe) of the lung. The sample is sent to a lab to help diagnose conditions such as infection, inflammation, or a possible tumor.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bronchoscopy with Lung Tissue Biopsy cost?

$1,826

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,826 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $347 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$347$263 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$603 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $295 to $3,311Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $170 to $617
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,479professional $347

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
$295.12
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$691.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$524.81

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 15.4 times more in Wisconsin 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

Alabama· 35th of 51

$1,826

$347 physician + $1,479 facility

WI $6,451MD $419

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.