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Airway Scope To Remove An Inhaled Object

Hawaii 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?

$1,582

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,582 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$380$191 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$1,096 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $977 to $3,890Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $52 to $525
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,202professional $380

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$426.58
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$4,570.88

Where Hawaii 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

Hawaii· 30th of 51

$1,582

$380 physician + $1,202 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.