Airway Scope To Find And Seal An Air Leak

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 31634

A scope is passed into the airways and a balloon is inflated in one branch at a time to work out which part of the lung is leaking air into the chest. Once the leaking branch is identified, a sealing substance such as surgical glue may be injected to close it. It is used for a persistent air leak that has not settled with a chest drain alone.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Airway Scope To Find And Seal An Air Leak cost?

$6,415

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,415 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,738 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,677 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

27% physician fee73% facility fee

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 53 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the bill	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it	The doctor who performs it	$1,738	$275 to $2,692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center	The hospital or surgery center	$4,677	$2,188 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $708 to $13,804Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $191 to $3,981

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	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
Aetna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $707.95 Median $3,715.35 Typical High $10,715.19	Facility	Global	$707.95	$3,715.35	$10,715.19
BCBS Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $2,290.87 Median $6,918.31 Typical High $19,952.62	Facility	Global	$2,290.87	$6,918.31	$19,952.62
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $302.00 Median $4,466.84 Typical High $12,022.64	Facility	Global	$302.00	$4,466.84	$12,022.64
United Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $1,905.46 Median $5,754.40 Typical High $14,454.40	Facility	Global	$1,905.46	$5,754.40	$14,454.40

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 3.3 times more in Wisconsin than in Nevada. 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

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WI $13,760NV $4,192

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.