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Bronchoscopy with Lung Tissue Biopsy

Utah 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?

$4,605

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,605 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,169 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$437$219 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,169$2,884 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $219 to $6,026Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $162 to $933
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $4,169professional $437

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
$218.78
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$630.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$794.33
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$10,964.78
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$645.65
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$851.14
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$676.08

Where Utah 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

Utah· 8th of 51

$4,605

$437 physician + $4,169 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.