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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 July 2026.

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

$1,738

Typical facility fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,738 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $309 to $3,890.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $200 to $7,079Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $257 to $692
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $427

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,466.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$691.83
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$588.84
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 34th of 50

$1,738

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.