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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 July 2026.

How much does Airway Scope With Radiation Catheter Placement cost?

$4,185

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,185 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $204 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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$204$174 to $219
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$1,023 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $204 to $16,596Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $155 to $355
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $3,981professional $204

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$426.58
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$407.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$354.81

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 26.7 times more in New Hampshire than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeSouth Carolina $4,185 · 14th of 50
NH $9,608WV $360

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.