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Airway Scope With Radiation Catheter Placement

New York 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?

$3,402

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,402 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $166 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$166$148 to $204
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,479 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $813 to $7,413Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $132 to $355
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $166

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
$1,659.59
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$309.03
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,165.95
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$724.44
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$616.60
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$302.00
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$208.93
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,511.38
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$467.74
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$676.08
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$208.93
6 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
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$20.89
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$169.82

Where New York 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 York· 3rd of 51

$3,402

$166 physician + $3,236 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.