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Airway Scope To Find And Seal An Air Leak

Minnesota 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?

$5,248

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,248 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,020 to $11,220.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $19,953
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,248

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
$190.55
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$12,589.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$31,622.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$14,454.40
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$11,220.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$18,197.01

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 14th of 50

$5,248

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.