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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 October 2026.

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

$1,486

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,486 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,096 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$389$302 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$724 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $437 to $5,129Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $234 to $692
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,096professional $389

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
$1,621.81
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,466.84
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$467.74
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$7,585.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$724.44
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$549.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$630.96
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$630.96
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,495.41
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$588.84
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$2,818.38
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$602.56
11 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
$117.49
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$501.19
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$363.08
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$144.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$109.65
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$72.44

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 31st of 51

$1,486

$389 physician + $1,096 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.