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Procedure price report · Diagnostic bronchoscopy and biopsy of bronchus

Diagnostic lung airway scope exam with cell washing

CPT 31622the billing code this page is about

A flexible scope is passed into the airways to inspect them, and fluid is flushed over the lining to collect cells for testing.

Hospitals typically charge $1,851 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,887 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,854. Most fall between $658 and $3,219 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,887
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,887 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$408$874$1,851$2,912$4,595

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($408 vs $4,595).

How the prices are spread

$292 – $391: 90 hospitals$292$391 – $523: 84 hospitals$523 – $699: 134 hospitals$523$699 – $934: 101 hospitals$934 – $1,249: 141 hospitals$934$1,249 – $1,670: 207 hospitals$1,670 – $2,232: 336 hospitals$1,670$2,232 – $2,984: 250 hospitals$2,984 – $3,990: 209 hospitals$2,984$3,990 – $5,334: 156 hospitals$3,990median $1,851price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,708 of 1,887 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$292$39190
$391$52384
$523$699134
$699$934101
$934$1,249141
$1,249$1,670207
$1,670$2,232336
$2,232$2,984250
$2,984$3,990209
$3,990$5,334156

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,818
Median cash price$1,851
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.02×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,851.

Alaska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $914 across 15 hospitalsME$914Vermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $657 across 11 hospitalsNH$657Washington: median $1,901 across 53 hospitalsWA$1,901Idaho: median $3,023 across 15 hospitalsID$3,023Montana: median $753 across 13 hospitalsMT$753North Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,627 across 49 hospitalsMN$1,627Illinois: median $1,889 across 71 hospitalsIL$1,889Wisconsin: median $1,383 across 67 hospitalsWI$1,383Michigan: median $1,383 across 54 hospitalsMI$1,383New York: median $2,153 across 81 hospitalsNY$2,153Massachusetts: median $2,045 across 39 hospitalsMA$2,045Oregon: median $972 across 43 hospitalsOR$972Nevada: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $3,514 across 10 hospitalsSD$3,514Iowa: median $919 across 37 hospitalsIA$919Indiana: median $1,152 across 47 hospitalsIN$1,152Ohio: median $2,735 across 99 hospitalsOH$2,735Pennsylvania: median $2,168 across 92 hospitalsPA$2,168New Jersey: median $2,350 across 49 hospitalsNJ$2,350Connecticut: median $2,449 across 16 hospitalsCT$2,449Rhode Island: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,020 across 153 hospitalsCA$3,020Utah: median $658 across 26 hospitalsUT$658Colorado: median $1,205 across 30 hospitalsCO$1,205Nebraska: median $732 across 29 hospitalsNE$732Missouri: median $1,547 across 58 hospitalsMO$1,547Kentucky: median $1,470 across 24 hospitalsKY$1,470West Virginia: median $1,751 across 26 hospitalsWV$1,751Virginia: median $2,033 across 46 hospitalsVA$2,033Maryland: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $5,334 across 19 hospitalsAZ$5,334New Mexico: median $1,099 across 13 hospitalsNM$1,099Kansas: median $736 across 33 hospitalsKS$736Arkansas: median $705 across 19 hospitalsAR$705Tennessee: median $894 across 30 hospitalsTN$894North Carolina: median $1,851 across 43 hospitalsNC$1,851South Carolina: median $1,875 across 36 hospitalsSC$1,875Oklahoma: median $994 across 38 hospitalsOK$994Louisiana: median $1,158 across 37 hospitalsLA$1,158Mississippi: median $1,068 across 32 hospitalsMS$1,068Alabama: median $2,426 across 24 hospitalsAL$2,426Georgia: median $2,341 across 72 hospitalsGA$2,341Hawaii: median $1,251 across 12 hospitalsHI$1,251Texas: median $2,137 across 98 hospitalsTX$2,137Florida: median $2,546 across 69 hospitalsFL$2,546
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,851. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Arizona AZ19$5,334+188%$584 – $5,334
South Dakota SD10$3,514+90%$1,357 – $3,514
Idaho ID15$3,023+63%$1,334 – $4,755
California CA153$3,020+63%$1,171 – $4,878
Ohio OH99$2,735+48%$2,032 – $5,156
Florida FL69$2,546+38%$1,340 – $3,389
Connecticut CT16$2,449+32%$1,113 – $3,474
Alabama AL24$2,426+31%$1,255 – $5,853
New Jersey NJ49$2,350+27%$1,910 – $5,295
Georgia GA72$2,341+26%$1,128 – $3,216
Pennsylvania PA92$2,168+17%$1,114 – $3,527
New York NY81$2,153+16%$430 – $4,595
Texas TX98$2,137+15%$951 – $3,106
Massachusetts MA39$2,045+10%$1,351 – $2,868
Virginia VA46$2,033+10%$1,412 – $2,626
Washington WA53$1,901+3%$399 – $2,912
Illinois IL71$1,889+2%$847 – $3,537
South Carolina SC36$1,875+1%$1,875 – $2,538
North Carolina NC43$1,8510%$1,230 – $1,928
West Virginia WV26$1,751−5%$145 – $2,877
Minnesota MN49$1,627−12%$618 – $1,742
Missouri MO58$1,547−16%$868 – $2,306
Kentucky KY24$1,470−21%$357 – $6,162
Michigan MI54$1,383−25%$491 – $3,866
Wisconsin WI67$1,383−25%$630 – $2,221
Hawaii HI12$1,251−32%$320 – $3,133
Colorado CO30$1,205−35%$944 – $2,163
Louisiana LA37$1,158−37%$645 – $2,236
Indiana IN47$1,152−38%$676 – $2,590
New Mexico NM13$1,099−41%$428 – $1,853
Mississippi MS32$1,068−42%$490 – $1,400
Oklahoma OK38$994−46%$292 – $2,017
Oregon OR43$972−47%$457 – $4,163
Iowa IA37$919−50%$534 – $2,932
Maine ME15$914−51%$373 – $1,756
Tennessee TN30$894−52%$531 – $1,861
Montana MT13$753−59%$237 – $1,679
Kansas KS33$736−60%$357 – $1,656
Nebraska NE29$732−60%$551 – $1,715
Arkansas AR19$705−62%$326 – $1,658
Utah UT26$658−64%$527 – $1,003
New Hampshire NH11$657−64%$159 – $1,390
Alaska AK9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,851.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,516$1,980$881 – $3,331
Children’s48$2,105$736 – $3,821
Critical access316$831$392 – $2,203
Ownership
For-profit198$2,171$1,113 – $3,983
Government298$1,459$497 – $2,740
Non-profit1,384$1,875$676 – $3,278
System affiliation
Part of a system1,553$1,908$753 – $3,329
Independent334$1,417$408 – $2,807

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,362
Median cash price$1,851
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,385 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,958 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,956; most fall between $736 and $3,219.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,385 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$422$981$1,958$3,016$4,703

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($422 vs $4,703).

Of the 1,468 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,385 gave a usable cash price; 30 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 53 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,887 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (48%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,030 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,887
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here70
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded7
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded66
Hospitals that filed this code2,030

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Diagnostic bronchoscopy and biopsy of bronchus family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Brnchsc Incl Fluor Gdnce Dx W/Cell Washg Spx.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Diagnostic lung airway scope exam with cell washing (CPT 31622) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-31622-diagnostic-lung-airway-scope-exam-with-cell-washing