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Airway Scope To Remove An Inhaled Object

Nebraska 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.

How much does Airway Scope To Remove An Inhaled Object cost?

$4,365

Typical facility fee. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,365 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,344 to $7,943.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $759 to $13,490Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $372 to $832
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,467professional $646

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,489.63
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$11,748.98
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$3,019.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,760.83

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 23.4 times more in Indiana 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.

Nebraska· 7th of 50

$4,365

IN $6,761ND $288

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.