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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 October 2026.

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

$4,712

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,712 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $347 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$347$251 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$1,380 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $676 to $8,511Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $204 to $603
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $347

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$575.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$524.81
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$524.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$562.34
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,412.54
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$575.44
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$34.67

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 2nd of 51

$4,712

$347 physician + $4,365 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.