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Airway Scope With Radiation Catheter Placement

Tennessee 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?

$2,505

Typical total for the visit. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,505 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $214 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$214$191 to $288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,549 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $813 to $4,677Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $162 to $676
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,291professional $214

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
$616.60
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$380.19
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$28,840.32
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$389.05

Where Tennessee 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 feeTennessee $2,505 · 30th 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.