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Airway Scope With Radiation Catheter Placement

Montana 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?

$526

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $526 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $263 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$263$178 to $275
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$263$257 to $302

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,349Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $79 to $302
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $263professional $263

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$302.00
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$275.42
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,890.45
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$416.87

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$526

$263 physician + $263 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.