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Airway Scope To Remove An Inhaled Object

Connecticut 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?

$4,011

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,011 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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$380$282 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$1,820 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $851 to $7,586Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $209 to $676
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $380

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
$2,754.23
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$501.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$676.08
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$758.58
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$645.65
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$707.95
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
$104.71
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$50.12

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 3rd of 51

$4,011

$380 physician + $3,631 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.