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Airway Scope To Remove An Inhaled Object

Florida 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?

$1,367

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,367 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,122 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$245$186 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,122$617 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $447 to $6,026Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $145 to $490
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,122professional $245

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
$501.19
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$389.05
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$281.84
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$9,549.93
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$478.63
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$6,309.57
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$338.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$549.54
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
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
$77.62
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$30.20

Where Florida 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

Florida· 37th of 51

$1,367

$245 physician + $1,122 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.