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Airway Scope To Revise An Existing Stent

New Jersey rates for HCPCS 31638

A scope is passed into the windpipe or lung airways to adjust, reposition, or repair a stent that was placed at an earlier session. The airway may be stretched open as part of the same procedure so the stent sits correctly and air passes freely. It is done when an existing stent has shifted, narrowed, or become blocked.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Airway Scope To Revise An Existing Stent cost?

$4,420

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,420 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $251 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,169 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$251$214 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,169$2,754 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $9,772Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $170 to $537
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,169professional $251

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$616.60
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$28,840.32
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$537.03

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 14.7 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

New Jersey· 10th of 51

$4,420

$251 physician + $4,169 facility

CO $11,078MT $752

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.