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Airway Scope To Find And Seal An Air Leak

Wisconsin 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?

$10,000

Typical facility fee. In Wisconsin, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,000 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,630 to $14,125.

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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,023 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $20,417Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $331 to $5,495
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $12,023professional $1,738

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
$223.87
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$6,456.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$21,877.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,244.36
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,589.25
Network Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$9,120.11
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$2,818.38
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$5,495.41
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$13,803.84
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$13,182.57

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin· 5th of 50

$10,000

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.