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Airway Valve Removal, Each Extra Lung Lobe

Virginia rates for HCPCS 31649

Covers taking one-way valves back out of the airways of a further lobe of the lung during the same scope procedure, and is billed in addition to the main procedure. A scope is passed down into the airway and the valves, put in earlier to shrink an over-inflated part of the lung or to seal an air leak, are retrieved. Each additional lobe dealt with is counted on its own.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Airway Valve Removal, Each Extra Lung Lobe cost?

$2,042

Typical facility fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,042 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $97.72 to $5,012.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $76 to $7,079Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $60 to $214
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,138professional $87

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,466.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$213.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$128.82
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 102.3 times more in Indiana 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.

Virginia· 28th of 49

$2,042

IN $6,761WV $66.07

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.