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Removal of an Airway Tumor Through a Scope

Colorado rates for HCPCS 31640

A scope is passed into the windpipe and lungs and a growth blocking or lining an airway is cut away through it, sometimes with X-ray guidance to see where the instrument is. Clearing the growth reopens the airway so air can pass and can relieve breathlessness, coughing, or bleeding. Tissue removed is sent for laboratory examination.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal of an Airway Tumor Through a Scope cost?

$6,310

Typical facility fee. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,310 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,388 to $10,000.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $646 to $13,183Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,585
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,457professional $309

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. 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
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,585.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,135.61
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$549.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,584.89
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$15,848.93

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 40.7 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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.

Colorado· 6th of 50

$6,310

IN $10,000WV $245

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.