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Airway Scope With Radiation Catheter Placement

Kansas 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?

$2,119

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,119 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $257 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$257$214 to $282
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$933 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $550 to $4,074Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,549
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $257

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
$1,174.90
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$371.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$323.59
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
$85.11
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$27.54

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 14th of 51

$2,119

$257 physician + $1,862 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.