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Airway Scope To Remove An Inhaled Object

Oregon 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?

$1,012

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,012 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $575 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$437$309 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$575$513 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $355 to $4,467Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $245 to $776
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $575professional $437

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
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$812.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$794.33
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$616.60
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$616.60
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,137.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$794.33
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$6,918.31
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$831.76
10 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
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$44.67
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$223.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$89.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$338.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$67.61
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$44.67

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 47th of 51

$1,012

$437 physician + $575 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.