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Airway Scope To Remove An Inhaled Object

Maine 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?

$1,590

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,590 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$331$245 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$933 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,862Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $195 to $562
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,259professional $331

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$389.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$562.34
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,584.89
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$616.60
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$588.84
10 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
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$35.48
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$173.78
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$70.79
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$263.03
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$52.48
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$35.48

Where Maine 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

Maine· 29th of 51

$1,590

$331 physician + $1,259 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.