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Needle Sampling Of An Additional Lung Section

Pennsylvania 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 July 2026.

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

$3,090

Typical facility fee. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,090 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,047 to $5,012.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $417 to $7,762
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,090

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
$575.44
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,317.64
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,011.87
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$57,543.99
Independence Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,265.80
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$8,317.64
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 87.1 times more in New Jersey 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.

Pennsylvania· 8th of 50

$3,090

NJ $5,754MD $66.07

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.