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Airway Scope To Remove An Inhaled Object

Michigan 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?

$1,257

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,257 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $933 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$324$229 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$933$589 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $479 to $2,570Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $214 to $457
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $933professional $324

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
$223.87
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$489.78
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$4,073.80
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$501.19
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$190.55
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$75.86
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$281.84
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$56.23
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$38.02
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$446.68

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 41st of 51

$1,257

$324 physician + $933 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.