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Airway Scope With Radiation Catheter Placement

Utah 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?

$3,228

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,228 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $138 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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$138$112 to $224
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,000 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $204 to $6,026Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $100 to $295
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $138

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
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$354.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$138.04
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,128.61
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$295.12
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$354.81
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
$91.20
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42

Where Utah 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

Utah· 5th of 51

$3,228

$138 physician + $3,090 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.