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Airway Scope To Remove An Inhaled Object

Missouri 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?

$1,784

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,784 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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$339$257 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$832 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $513 to $5,129Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $191 to $813
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,445professional $339

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
$288.40
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$389.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,630.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$575.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$562.34
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
$79.43
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$29.51

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 23rd of 51

$1,784

$339 physician + $1,445 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.