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Airway Scope To Remove An Inhaled Object

South Carolina 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 $2,951 · 10th–90th $245$9,7720%5%10th90th$2,951$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$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
$208.93
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,000.00