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Bronchoscopy with Lung Tissue Biopsy

Nebraska 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?

$4,062

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,062 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $347 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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$347$219 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$832 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $363 to $12,589Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $151 to $1,445
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $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
$363.08
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,737.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$11,748.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,754.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,047.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$912.01

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 13th of 51

$4,062

$347 physician + $3,715 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.