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Airway Scope With Radiation Catheter Placement

Arkansas 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?

$1,856

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,856 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $234 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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$234$166 to $251
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$1,072 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $263 to $2,239Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $155 to $288
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,622professional $234

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
$239.88
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$346.74

Where Arkansas 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 feeArkansas $1,856 · 37th 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.