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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 October 2026.

How much does Airway Scope With Radiation Catheter Placement cost?

$1,564

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,564 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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$245$178 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$794 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $537 to $2,884Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $158 to $1,622
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,318professional $245

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
$1,479.11
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$371.54
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$389.05
5 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
$77.62
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$24.55

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 25th of 51

$1,564

$245 physician + $1,318 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.