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Airway Scope To Find And Seal An Air Leak

Texas 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?

$3,715

Typical facility fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,715 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,778 to $6,918.

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 $3,715 · 10th to 90th $513 to $12,589
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,715

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
$812.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$11,481.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$16,218.10
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$13,803.84
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,162.28
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,471.29

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 24th of 50

$3,715

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.