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Needle Sampling Of An Additional Lung Section

Iowa rates for HCPCS 31633

Takes a needle sample of tissue or a lymph node from a further section of the lung during an examination with a flexible scope passed through the mouth or nose into the airways. The needle passes through the airway wall to reach the target. It is billed in addition to the main procedure when more than one section of lung is sampled.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Needle Sampling Of An Additional Lung Section cost?

$648

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $648 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $158 to the doctor who performs it, and $490 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$158$117 to $200
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$490$166 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $126 to $3,388Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $89 to $245
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $490professional $158

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
$120.23
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$218.78
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$245.47
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$1,071.52
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$218.78
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$870.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$245.47
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$218.78
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$204.17
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$12.02

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 18.4 times more in Connecticut than in Kentucky. 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

Iowa· 27th of 51

$648

$158 physician + $490 facility

CT $3,582KY $195

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.