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Airway Scope To Remove An Inhaled Object

North Dakota 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?

$687

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $687 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $288 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$398$316 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$288$240 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $288 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,202Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $269 to $759
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $288professional $398

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
$177.83
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$912.01
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$562.34
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$28.84

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 51st of 51

$687

$398 physician + $288 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.