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Airway Scope With Radiation Catheter Placement

South Dakota 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?

$1,130

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,130 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $759 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$372$275 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$759$302 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $240 to $1,349Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $191 to $490
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $759professional $372

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,548.82
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,148.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$489.78
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 43rd of 51

$1,130

$372 physician + $759 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.