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Airway Scope To Remove An Inhaled Object

Colorado 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 $4,786 · 10th–90th $347$8,5110%5%10%10th90th$4,786Professionalmedian $468 · 10th–90th $224$1,4130%20%10th90th$468$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K

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

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,585.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$588.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,412.54
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,309.57