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Bedside Suctioning Of The Airways With A Scope

Alabama rates for HCPCS 31725

Clears thick mucus, secretions, or plugs from the windpipe and the larger breathing passages using a suction catheter guided by a flexible viewing scope. It is done at the bedside rather than in an operating room, typically for patients who cannot cough effectively and whose airways are becoming blocked. The scope lets the clinician see where the blockage is and direct the suction to it.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bedside Suctioning Of The Airways With A Scope cost?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 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$135$85.11 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,259$955 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $661 to $2,630Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $74 to $178
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,259professional $135

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
$74.13
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$138.04

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 36.3 times more in Colorado 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.

Alabama· 31st of 51

$135

CO $3,236WV $89.13

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.