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Bronchoscopy with Lung Tissue Biopsy

Massachusetts 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?

$2,150

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,150 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$372$195 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$275 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $195 to $5,623Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $162 to $1,000
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $372

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
$302.00
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$741.31
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$28,840.32
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$7,585.78
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$977.24
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$812.83
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,047.13
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,413.10
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$691.83
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$28,840.32
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$7,585.78
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 30th of 51

$2,150

$372 physician + $1,778 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.