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Airway Scope To Remove An Inhaled Object

Idaho 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?

$3,802

Typical facility fee. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,802 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $724 to $5,495.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $316 to $7,586
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $3,802

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
$3,981.07
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,709.64
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,466.84
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$758.58
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,495.41
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$7,762.47

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho $3,802 · 9th 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.