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Bronchoscopy With Ultrasound-Guided Lymph Node Sampling

Iowa rates for HCPCS 31652

This procedure passes a scope through the airway into the lungs, combined with an ultrasound probe on the scope, to take tissue samples from lymph nodes near the airways and lungs. The ultrasound allows the clinician to see and target a small number of specific node locations while guiding the sampling needle.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bronchoscopy With Ultrasound-Guided Lymph Node Sampling cost?

$4,421

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,421 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,259 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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$1,259$324 to $2,630
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$2,188 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $575 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $219 to $3,388
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $1,259

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
$602.56
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$3,630.78
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$9,120.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,570.88
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,311.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$3,467.37
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,818.38
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$3,162.28

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 11.2 times more in Wisconsin 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Iowa· 18th of 51

$4,421

$1,259 physician + $3,162 facility

WI $8,207MD $731

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.