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Lung Biopsy From An Additional Lobe By Scope

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS 31632

Covers taking tissue samples from a further section of the lung during the same airway scope examination. Small instruments are passed down the scope and through the airway wall to reach the lung tissue beyond it. It is billed in addition to the main biopsy.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Lung Biopsy From An Additional Lobe By Scope cost?

$683

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $683 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $66.07 to the doctor who performs it, and $617 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 12 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$66.07$52.48 to $83.18
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$617$102 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $69 to $4,467Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $48 to $115
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $617professional $66

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.92
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,495.41
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$104.71
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$114.82
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$144.54
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,905.46
Independence Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,248.07
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$7,244.36
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$89.13
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$34.67
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$13.80
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$51.29
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$10.23
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.92
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$158.49
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$851.14
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$109.65

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 25.1 times more in Connecticut than in West Virginia. 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

Pennsylvania· 21st of 51

$683

$66.07 physician + $617 facility

CT $3,559WV $142

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.