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Airway Scope With Radiation Catheter Placement

Louisiana 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?

$1,995

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,995 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $257 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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$191 to $309
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$1,000 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $603 to $3,890Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $155 to $324
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $1,738professional $257

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
$575.44
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$269.15
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$363.08

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 26.7 times more in New Hampshire than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeLouisiana $1,995 · 35th of 50
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.