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Airway Valves Placed In Another Lung Lobe

Nevada rates for HCPCS 31651

Places one-way valves in the airways of a further lobe of the lung, working through a scope passed down the windpipe. The valves let trapped air escape but not return, so an over-inflated section deflates and healthier lung has room to work. It is billed in addition to the main procedure.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Airway Valves Placed In Another Lung Lobe cost?

$775

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $775 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $83.18 to the doctor who performs it, and $692 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$83.18$74.13 to $107
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$692$178 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $95 to $2,570Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $65 to $129
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $692professional $83

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
$83.18
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$112.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$114.82
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$128.82
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$114.82
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$125.89
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
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$12.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$8.32

Where Nevada sits

The same service costs 25.7 times more in Alabama than in Kentucky. 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

Nevada· 23rd of 51

$775

$83.18 physician + $692 facility

AL $4,993KY $194

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.