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Airway Scope With Radiation Catheter Placement

Ohio 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?

$1,253

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,253 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $182 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,072 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$182$166 to $234
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,072$708 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $490 to $5,248Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $141 to $339
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,072professional $182

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
$1,412.54
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$4,786.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$331.13
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$389.05
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$389.05
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$223.87
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$512.86
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$398.11
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
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$69.18

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 38th of 51

$1,253

$182 physician + $1,072 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.