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Airway Scope To Remove An Inhaled Object

Alaska 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 October 2026.

How much does Airway Scope To Remove An Inhaled Object cost?

$2,642

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,642 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$692$490 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$1,349 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $7,079Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,349
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $692

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$912.01
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,949.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,041.74
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,041.74
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,606.93
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 7.0 times more in Vermont than in North Dakota. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 10th of 51

$2,642

$692 physician + $1,950 facility

VT $4,790ND $687

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.