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Airway Scope With Radiation Catheter Placement

Virginia 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?

$3,219

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,219 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $200 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$200$191 to $269
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$263 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $200 to $9,333Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $162 to $2,884
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,020professional $200

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
$199.53
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$3,801.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$21,877.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$302.00
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$446.68
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$457.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$398.11
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$363.08
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$4,073.80
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$20,417.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$363.08

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 26.7 times more in New Hampshire than in West Virginia. 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

Virginia· 24th of 50

$3,219

$200 physician + $3,020 facility

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.