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Airway Scope With Radiation Catheter Placement

Michigan 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?

$1,136

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,136 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $912 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$224$209 to $269
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$912$589 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $490 to $2,399Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $178 to $355
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $912professional $224

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
$218.78
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$602.56
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$269.15
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$295.12

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 42nd of 51

$1,136

$224 physician + $912 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.