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Airway Scope To Remove An Inhaled Object

Washington 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 $661 · 10th–90th $295$8,5110%5%10%10th90th$661$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
$323.59
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$13,803.84
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,862.09
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,187.76
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$588.84
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,232.93