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Airway Scope With Radiation Catheter Placement

Minnesota 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?

$1,461

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,461 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,072 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$389$295 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,072$490 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $331 to $5,370Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $224 to $646
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,072professional $389

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
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$776.25
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,258.93
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$645.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$691.83

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 41st of 50

$1,461

$389 physician + $1,072 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.