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Airway Scope With Radiation Catheter Placement

Alabama 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?

$2,330

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,330 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $288 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$288$191 to $288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$1,122 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $776 to $3,236Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $162 to $380
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,042professional $288

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$288.40

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 26.7 times more in New Hampshire 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alabama· 33rd of 50

$2,330

$288 physician + $2,042 facility

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.