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Bronchoscopy With Needle Sampling Through Airway

Vermont rates for HCPCS 31629

A flexible scope is passed through the nose or mouth down into the windpipe and main airways, and a fine needle is pushed through the airway wall to draw cells from a lymph node or mass sitting just outside it. Because the needle reaches targets beyond the airway, no cut is needed on the chest. Samples are sent for laboratory examination to explain a swelling or shadow seen on scans.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Bronchoscopy With Needle Sampling Through Airway cost?

$2,634

Typical total for the visit. In Vermont, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,634 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$447$275 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$1,778 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $407 to $3,802Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $251 to $912
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $2,188professional $447

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 6.8 times more in Colorado than in North Dakota. 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

Vermont· 30th of 51

$2,634

$447 physician + $2,188 facility

CO $6,401ND $936

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.