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Airway Scope To Find And Seal An Air Leak

Massachusetts 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?

$2,188

Typical facility fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,188 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $263 to $3,715.

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 $2,188 · 10th to 90th $209 to $5,248
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,188

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
$1,584.89
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,897.79
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$13,803.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$489.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$3,630.78
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$11,220.18
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$15,135.61

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 14.5 times more in Indiana 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.

Massachusetts· 39th of 50

$2,188

IN $20,417WV $1,413

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.