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Airway Scope To Remove An Inhaled Object

New York 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 $3,548 · 10th–90th $339$7,9430%5%10th90th$3,548$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$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
$263.03
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,120.11
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$5,011.87
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$616.60
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$53,703.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,244.36
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$691.83