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Bronchoscopy to Clear Out the Airways

Iowa rates for HCPCS 31645

A thin lighted scope is passed through the mouth or nose into the breathing tubes, and thick secretions, mucus plugs or pus are suctioned out to reopen blocked airways. It is done for a collapsed lung segment, a lung abscess or secretions the patient cannot cough up. This covers the first such clean-out; further sessions are billed separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bronchoscopy to Clear Out the Airways cost?

$2,630

Typical facility fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,630 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $603 to $4,467.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $363 to $6,457Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $240 to $813
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $562

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
$281.84
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$199.53
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$870.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,495.41

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 30.2 times more in New Jersey than in Maryland. 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.

Iowa· 20th of 50

$2,630

NJ $5,370MD $178

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.