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Bronchoscopy With Destruction of Airway Blockage

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 31641

A thin lighted scope is passed through the mouth or nose into the breathing tubes of the lungs, and a growth or a narrowed segment blocking the airway is destroyed in place using heat, cold, laser or a similar method rather than being cut out. The goal is to reopen the airway so air can move more freely. Patients are sedated or asleep for the procedure.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Bronchoscopy With Destruction of Airway Blockage cost?

$1,877

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,877 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$398$295 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$427 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $282 to $5,623Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $240 to $4,169
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,479professional $398

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
$1,513.56
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$467.74
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,754.40
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$776.25
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$380.19
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,000.00
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$18,620.87
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,754.40
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,000.00
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,047.13
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$229.09
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$74.13

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 8.5 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

Massachusetts· 48th of 51

$1,877

$398 physician + $1,479 facility

CO $6,537MT $769

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.