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Bedside Suctioning Of The Airways With A Scope

South Carolina 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 October 2026.

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

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $891 from a hospital or other facility.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$123$89.13 to $138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$525 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $251 to $8,710Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $69 to $178
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $891professional $123

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$186.21
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$138.04
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$218.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$181.97
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$109.65

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 6.5 times more in Tennessee than in New York. 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.

South Carolina· 25th of 51

$135

TN $513NY $79.43

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.