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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 October 2026.

How much does Airway Scope With Radiation Catheter Placement cost?

$1,000

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $355 to the doctor who performs it, and $646 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$355$275 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$646$302 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $178 to $3,802Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $204 to $692
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $646professional $355

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
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,456.54
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$758.58
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$676.08
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$676.08
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$741.31
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$21.38

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 46th of 51

$1,000

$355 physician + $646 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.