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Airway Scope With Radiation Catheter Placement

North Dakota 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 North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $676 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$324$269 to $355
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$676$178 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,698Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $182 to $407
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $676professional $324

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$549.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$380.19

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 47th of 51

$1,000

$324 physician + $676 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.