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Airway Scope To Remove An Inhaled Object

Kentucky 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.

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th–90th $537$5,0120%10%10th90th$2,291$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Facility and professional rates are different services and are charted separately. Need provider-level prices? Contact us.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,365.16
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,168.69