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Airway Stent Placement Through A Scope

Alaska rates for HCPCS 31636

A scope is passed into the airways so the physician can see inside, and a stent, a short tube that props the airway open, is placed in a narrowed breathing tube. Any widening of the airway needed to fit the stent is part of the procedure. Each further airway stented is billed separately.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Airway Stent Placement Through A Scope cost?

$8,614

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,614 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,762 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$851$490 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,762$4,786 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $14,125Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $240 to $1,413
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $7,762professional $851

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$27,542.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$758.58
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,513.56
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,445.44
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$9,120.11
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$16,218.10
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 16.5 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$8,614

$851 physician + $7,762 facility

CO $11,031MT $670

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.