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Airway Scope With Radiation Catheter Placement

Massachusetts 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?

$3,032

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,032 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $214 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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$214$178 to $363
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,778 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $209 to $5,129Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $151 to $513
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,818professional $214

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
$1,513.56
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$512.86
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$28,840.32
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$524.81
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$295.12
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$478.63
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$28,840.32
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$794.33

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 26.7 times more in New Hampshire than in West Virginia. 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

Massachusetts· 27th of 50

$3,032

$214 physician + $2,818 facility

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.