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Bronchial Brush Biopsy Through A Catheter

Alabama rates for HCPCS 31717

A thin tube is guided into an airway in the lung and a small brush is used to wipe cells from the airway lining, which are then examined in the laboratory. It is used to find out what is behind an abnormal area seen on a chest scan, such as infection or a growth.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bronchial Brush Biopsy Through A Catheter cost?

$324

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $324 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $1,259 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$269$178 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,259$692 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $407 to $6,166Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $110 to $457
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,259professional $269

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$7,585.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$426.58

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 11.0 times more in California than in Hawaii. 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.

Alabama· 23rd of 51

$324

CA $2,344HI $214

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.