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Airway Scope To Remove An Inhaled Object

Pennsylvania 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 $3,090 · 10th–90th $316$7,7620%5%10th90th$3,090$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
$316.23
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$8,128.31
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$57,543.99
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$8,128.31
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$8,317.64
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,025.60