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Airway Scope To Remove An Inhaled Object

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 31635

Passes a lighted scope, rigid or flexible, through the mouth or nose into the windpipe and airways to find and pull out an object that has been inhaled - a piece of food, a tooth fragment, a small toy, or similar. It is done under sedation or general anesthesia.

Rates data updated July 2026.

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th–90th $347$9,1200%10%20%10th90th$3,467Professionalmedian $389 · 10th–90th $178$8710%20%10th90th$389$0.5$5.0$50.0$500.0$5.0K$50.0K$500.0K

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Facility and professional rates are different services and are charted separately. Need provider-level prices? Contact us.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,220.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,309.57