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Bronchoscopy with Lung Tissue Biopsy

Delaware 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?

$4,429

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,429 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $355 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$355$182 to $389
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$501 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $151 to $17,783Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $166 to $513
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $355

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
$151.36
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$17,782.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$575.44
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$562.34

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 9th of 51

$4,429

$355 physician + $4,074 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.