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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 July 2026.

How much does Airway Scope To Remove An Inhaled Object cost?

$575

Typical facility fee. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $437 to $759.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $309 to $7,762Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $302 to $776
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $575professional $447

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$9,549.93
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$776.25
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$741.31
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$602.56
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$741.31
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,244.36

Where Oregon sits

The same service costs 23.4 times more in Indiana 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.

Oregon· 43rd of 50

$575

IN $6,761ND $288

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.