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Airway Scope To Remove An Inhaled Object

Minnesota 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 $1,259 · 10th–90th $309$5,1290%10%10th90th$1,259$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K

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
$177.83
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,884.03
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,309.57