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Airway Scope To Remove An Inhaled Object

Louisiana 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?

$1,698

Typical facility fee. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,698 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $933 to $2,951.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $447 to $3,890
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,698

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
$398.11
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,467.37
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana $1,698 · 36th 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.