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Airway Scope With Radiation Catheter Placement

Kentucky 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?

$1,603

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,603 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $191 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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$191$162 to $263
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$708 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $251 to $3,981Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $148 to $295
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $191

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
$162.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$213.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$281.84
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,348.96
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,096.48
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$239.88
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
$81.28
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$21.38

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 23rd of 51

$1,603

$191 physician + $1,413 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.