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Airway Scope To Remove An Inhaled Object

New Mexico 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?

$1,736

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,736 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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$324$219 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$977 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $562 to $5,012Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $191 to $537
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $324

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
$199.53
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,754.40
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$537.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$407.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,698.24
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$588.84

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 25th of 51

$1,736

$324 physician + $1,413 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.