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Airway Scope With Radiation Catheter Placement

North Carolina 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?

$1,209

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,209 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $209 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,000 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$209$174 to $339
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,000$282 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $174 to $7,244Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $166 to $550
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,000professional $209

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
$1,659.59
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$446.68
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$380.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$407.38
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$28,840.32
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 26.7 times more in New Hampshire than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeNorth Carolina $1,209 · 43rd of 50
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.