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Airway Scope With Radiation Catheter Placement

South Carolina 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?

$1,261

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,261 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $214 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,047 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$214$162 to $251
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,047$794 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $603 to $4,898Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $148 to $288
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,047professional $214

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
$204.17
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$363.08
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$281.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$363.08
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
$85.11
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$165.96

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 36th of 51

$1,261

$214 physician + $1,047 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.