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Airway Scope With Radiation Catheter Placement

Alaska rates for HCPCS 31643

A scope is passed through the mouth or nose into the airways so that one or more fine tubes can be positioned next to a growth in the lung. The tubes are left in place so a radiation source can later be delivered directly to the growth; the radiation treatment itself is given separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Airway Scope With Radiation Catheter Placement cost?

$1,053

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,053 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $437 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$617$363 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$437$209 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $182 to $9,550Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $182 to $1,202
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $437professional $617

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
$602.56
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$616.60
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,174.90
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,202.26
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,023.29
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,174.90
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 26.7 times more in New Hampshire than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeAlaska $1,053 · 44th of 50
NH $9,608WV $360

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.