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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 July 2026.

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th–90th $257$5,6230%5%10%10th90th$2,188$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K

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
$251.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$5,011.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,888.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,762.47