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Airway Scope With Radiation Catheter Placement

Connecticut 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 October 2026.

How much does Airway Scope With Radiation Catheter Placement cost?

$3,906

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,906 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $275 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$275$224 to $316
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$1,820 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $851 to $7,586Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $166 to $407
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $275

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
$2,754.23
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$380.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$398.11
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$758.58
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$478.63
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
$91.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 9.2 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

Connecticut· 2nd of 51

$3,906

$275 physician + $3,631 facility

CO $4,822MT $526

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.