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Airway Scope To Remove An Inhaled Object

Texas 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?

$2,344

Typical facility fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,344 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $912 to $3,802.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $331 to $6,918
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $2,344

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
$446.68
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,585.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$28,840.32
Typical High
$28,840.32
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$645.65
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,073.80

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 23.4 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Texas $2,344 · 26th of 50
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.