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Airway Scope To Remove An Inhaled Object

Ohio 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?

$1,264

Typical total for the visit. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,264 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $955 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$309$214 to $398
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$955$603 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $468 to $4,786Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $178 to $537
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $955professional $309

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
$316.23
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$2,570.40
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$154.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$512.86
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$537.03
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$537.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$512.86
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$549.54
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.84

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 40th of 51

$1,264

$309 physician + $955 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.