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Airway Scope To Remove An Inhaled Object

Maryland 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?

$339

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $339 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $200 to $537.

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 $776 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,479Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $166 to $537
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $776professional $275

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$416.87
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$549.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$602.56
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$537.03
5 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
$91.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$35.48

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Maryland· 37th of 51

$339

AK $1,000KY $269

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.