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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.

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th–90th $759$13,4900%10%10th90th$4,467Professionalmedian $646 · 10th–90th $372$8320%20%10th90th$646$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0K

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
$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