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Airway Scope With Radiation Catheter Placement

Nevada 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?

$2,053

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,053 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $191 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$191$170 to $234
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$794 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $501 to $14,791Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $145 to $309
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $191

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
$190.55
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$257.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$18,197.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$281.84
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$257.04
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$223.87
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$309.03
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
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$19.05

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 16th of 51

$2,053

$191 physician + $1,862 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.