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Airway Scope With Radiation Catheter Placement

Missouri 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?

$1,737

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,737 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$195 to $309
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$891 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $525 to $5,888Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $170 to $813
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,514professional $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
$1,096.48
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,630.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$416.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$363.08
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
$75.86
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$18.20

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 21st of 51

$1,737

$224 physician + $1,514 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.