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Airway Scope With Radiation Catheter Placement

Iowa 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?

$3,940

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,940 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$309$224 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$2,951 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $389 to $6,761Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $170 to $977
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $309

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
$812.83
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$478.63
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,548.82
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$645.65
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$562.34
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$354.81

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 18th of 50

$3,940

$309 physician + $3,631 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.