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Airway Valves Placed In Another Lung Lobe

Washington 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 July 2026.

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

$186

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $145 to $4,571.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $186 · 10th to 90th $102 to $9,772
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $186

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
$138.04
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$18,620.87
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$186.21
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$147.91
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$102.33
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where Washington sits

The same service costs 120.2 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.

Washington· 41st of 49

$186

NH $8,913WV $74.13

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.