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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.

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th–90th $200$7,0790%5%10th90th$1,820Professionalmedian $427 · 10th–90th $257$6920%10%10th90th$427$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Facility and professional rates are different services and are charted separately. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices? Contact us.

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