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Airway Scope With Radiation Catheter Placement

Rhode Island 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 July 2026.

How much does Airway Scope With Radiation Catheter Placement cost?

$191

Typical physician fee. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $135 to $282.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $5,495Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $135 to $316
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,715professional $191

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. 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
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$338.84

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 19.1 times more in Colorado than in Delaware. 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.

Rhode Island· 48th of 51

$191

CO $3,236DE $170

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.