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Airway Scope To Remove An Inhaled Object

Wisconsin 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 $4,169 · 10th–90th $603$6,9180%10%10th90th$4,169Professionalmedian $550 · 10th–90th $309$1,1220%10%10th90th$550$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. Need provider-level prices? Contact us.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$3,715.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,445.44
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,754.40
Network Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,570.88
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$676.08
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,122.02
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$4,786.30
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,025.60