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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 October 2026.

How much does Airway Scope With Radiation Catheter Placement cost?

$1,940

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,940 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $355 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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$355$288 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$741 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $417 to $5,495Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $204 to $562
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $355

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
$602.56
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$524.81
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$602.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,548.82
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$457.09
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$575.44
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$354.81

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 17th of 51

$1,940

$355 physician + $1,585 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.