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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 October 2026.

How much does Airway Scope With Radiation Catheter Placement cost?

$1,107

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,107 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $275 to the doctor who performs it, and $832 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$275$204 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$832$324 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $191 to $3,631Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $155 to $1,622
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $832professional $275

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
$1,513.56
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$512.86
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,630.78
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$524.81
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$263.03
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,128.61
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$676.08
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,630.78
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$676.08
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$524.81
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$154.88
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
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$51.29

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 44th of 51

$1,107

$275 physician + $832 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.