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Airway Scope To Find And Seal An Air Leak

New York 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 New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,248 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,630 to $9,120.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $646 to $13,183
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$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
$295.12
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$9,772.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$17,782.79
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$5,754.40
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$645.65
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$53,703.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$11,748.98
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$501.19

Where New York 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.

New York· 15th 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.