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Airway Scope With Radiation Catheter Placement

Colorado 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?

$5,823

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,823 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $200 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$200$195 to $257
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$3,311 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $10,965Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $182 to $537
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $5,623professional $200

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
$1,584.89
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,513.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$14,791.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$389.05
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$380.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$812.83
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$323.59
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$436.52

Where Colorado 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 feeColorado $5,823 · 5th 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.