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Bronchial Brush Biopsy Through A Catheter

Vermont 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?

$288

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $135 to $355.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $135 to $427
$100$200$500$1Kprofessional $288

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$724.44

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 35th of 51

$288

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.