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Airway Scope To Find And Seal An Air Leak

Nebraska 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?

$7,943

Typical facility fee. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,943 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $4,677 to $10,965.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $2,692 to $14,454Professionalmedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $407 to $4,786
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $3,020

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
$5,754.40
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$19,498.45
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$8,709.64
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$10,715.19

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 7th of 50

$7,943

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.