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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 July 2026.

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

$4,677

Typical facility fee. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,677 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,138 to $8,318.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $871 to $10,965
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $4,677

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$12,022.64
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$11,220.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$933.25
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,079.46

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 23.4 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Florida $4,677 · 6th of 50
IN $6,761ND $288

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.