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Airway Scope To Remove An Inhaled Object

Mississippi 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?

$1,184

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,184 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $813 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$372$257 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$813$617 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $479 to $2,630Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $182 to $724
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $813professional $372

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
$295.12
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$72.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$446.68
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$741.31

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 44th of 51

$1,184

$372 physician + $813 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.