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Airway Scope With Radiation Catheter Placement

Georgia 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?

$3,696

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,696 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $229 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$229$191 to $316
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,660 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $955 to $9,550Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $166 to $417
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,467professional $229

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
$371.54
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$489.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$436.52
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$407.38

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 21st of 50

$3,696

$229 physician + $3,467 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.