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Airway Scope With Radiation Catheter Placement

New Jersey 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?

$2,358

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,358 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $170 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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$170$151 to $240
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$1,380 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $891 to $6,918Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $120 to $380
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,188professional $170

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
$3,715.35
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$467.74
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,244.36
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$380.19
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
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$18.20

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 10th of 51

$2,358

$170 physician + $2,188 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.