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Airway Scope To Find And Seal An Air Leak

Washington 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?

$3,388

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,388 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $501 to $7,943.

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 $3,388 · 10th to 90th $347 to $20,417
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,388

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
$380.19
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$17,782.79
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,589.25
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$37,153.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,754.40
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,888.44
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,548.13
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,187.76
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,882.50
Median
$20,417.38
Typical High
$37,153.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$39,810.72

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 29th of 50

$3,388

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.