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Airway Scope To Remove An Inhaled Object

Virginia 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?

$2,102

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,102 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$282$200 to $355
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$575 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $229 to $6,026Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $170 to $479
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $282

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
$199.53
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$645.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$389.05
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$478.63
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$467.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$512.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,630.78
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$549.54
5 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
$100.00
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$35.48

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 17th of 51

$2,102

$282 physician + $1,820 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.