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Bronchoscopy with Lung Tissue Biopsy

Michigan 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?

$1,730

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,730 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $251 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$251$166 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$501 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $234 to $7,943Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $83 to $537
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,479professional $251

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
$234.42
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$478.63
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$537.03
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$630.96
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$562.34

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 37th of 51

$1,730

$251 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.