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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 October 2026.

How much does Airway Scope With Radiation Catheter Placement cost?

$1,351

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,351 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $229 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,122 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$229$186 to $302
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,122$794 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $537 to $3,236Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $162 to $324
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,122professional $229

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
$446.68
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$263.03
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$331.13
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
$102.33
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$31.62

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 32nd of 51

$1,351

$229 physician + $1,122 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.