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Bronchoscopy with Lung Tissue Biopsy

Oklahoma 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?

$3,070

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,070 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$316$195 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,148 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $479 to $6,310Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $78 to $525
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,754professional $316

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
$416.87
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$416.87
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,456.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$501.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$4,073.80
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
$316.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$537.03

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 20th of 51

$3,070

$316 physician + $2,754 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.