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Procedure price report · Diagnostic bronchoscopy and biopsy of bronchus

Computer-guided navigation added to a lung airway scope exam

CPT 31627the billing code this page is about

An add-on service billed with a bronchoscopy, in which computer-generated images guide the scope to a target deep in the lung; it is never billed alone.

Hospitals typically charge $1,751 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 905 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,931. Most fall between $624 and $4,250 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
905
States
50
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – 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 905 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
$272$837$1,751$3,318$6,308

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 23× what the cheapest tenth charges ($272 vs $6,308).

How the prices are spread

$151 – $238: 39 hospitals$151$238 – $375: 51 hospitals$375 – $591: 35 hospitals$375$591 – $932: 80 hospitals$932 – $1,470: 135 hospitals$932$1,470 – $2,318: 171 hospitals$2,318 – $3,655: 145 hospitals$2,318$3,655 – $5,764: 105 hospitals$5,764 – $9,090: 38 hospitals$5,764$9,090 – $14,334: 16 hospitals$9,090median $1,751price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (815 of 905 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$151$23839
$238$37551
$375$59135
$591$93280
$932$1,470135
$1,470$2,318171
$2,318$3,655145
$3,655$5,764105
$5,764$9,09038
$9,090$14,33416

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,751.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,755 across 24 hospitalsWA$1,755Idaho: median $3,155 across 12 hospitalsID$3,155Montana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,863 across 18 hospitalsMN$2,863Illinois: median $1,698 across 39 hospitalsIL$1,698Wisconsin: median $3,925 across 41 hospitalsWI$3,925Michigan: median $123 across 30 hospitalsMI$123New York: median $1,941 across 41 hospitalsNY$1,941Massachusetts: median $578 across 20 hospitalsMA$578Oregon: median $1,606 across 14 hospitalsOR$1,606Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $3,105 across 21 hospitalsIA$3,105Indiana: median $1,282 across 40 hospitalsIN$1,282Ohio: median $1,979 across 65 hospitalsOH$1,979Pennsylvania: median $3,345 across 38 hospitalsPA$3,345New Jersey: median $4,881 across 25 hospitalsNJ$4,881Connecticut: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,392 across 73 hospitalsCA$3,392Utah: median $2,654 across 23 hospitalsUT$2,654Colorado: median $869 across 19 hospitalsCO$869Nebraska: median $1,962 across 18 hospitalsNE$1,962Missouri: median $837 across 26 hospitalsMO$837Kentucky: median $2,276 across 13 hospitalsKY$2,276West Virginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $825 across 12 hospitalsTN$825North Carolina: median $1,034 across 18 hospitalsNC$1,034South Carolina: median $2,053 across 17 hospitalsSC$2,053Oklahoma: median $445 across 13 hospitalsOK$445Louisiana: median $694 across 15 hospitalsLA$694Mississippi: median $1,469 across 13 hospitalsMS$1,469Alabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $1,256 across 39 hospitalsGA$1,256Hawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,614 across 46 hospitalsTX$1,614Florida: median $2,581 across 34 hospitalsFL$2,581
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,751. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ25$4,881+179%$3,383 – $5,855
Wisconsin WI41$3,925+124%$2,029 – $5,119
California CA73$3,392+94%$1,275 – $5,695
Pennsylvania PA38$3,345+91%$852 – $6,419
Idaho ID12$3,155+80%$350 – $3,318
Iowa IA21$3,105+77%$709 – $3,105
Minnesota MN18$2,863+63%$1,117 – $2,863
Utah UT23$2,654+52%$2,514 – $2,794
Florida FL34$2,581+47%$1,434 – $6,308
Kentucky KY13$2,276+30%$1,102 – $2,965
South Carolina SC17$2,053+17%$1,360 – $2,053
Ohio OH65$1,979+13%$219 – $4,250
Nebraska NE18$1,962+12%$701 – $2,554
New York NY41$1,941+11%$284 – $4,595
Washington WA24$1,7550%$1,083 – $3,145
Illinois IL39$1,698−3%$624 – $3,105
Texas TX46$1,614−8%$1,151 – $1,751
Oregon OR14$1,606−8%$832 – $1,838
Mississippi MS13$1,469−16%$641 – $1,893
Indiana IN40$1,282−27%$850 – $13,776
Georgia GA39$1,256−28%$284 – $1,632
North Carolina NC18$1,034−41%$568 – $1,582
Colorado CO19$869−50%$562 – $2,203
Missouri MO26$837−52%$624 – $1,286
Tennessee TN12$825−53%$92 – $2,544
Louisiana LA15$694−60%$249 – $1,572
Massachusetts MA20$578−67%$281 – $2,101
Oklahoma OK13$445−75%$445 – $1,311
Michigan MI30$123−93%$122 – $5,119
Connecticut CT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not 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 $1,751.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care789$1,751$603 – $4,447
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access102$1,927$1,034 – $3,318
Ownership
For-profit73$1,469$350 – $4,372
Government98$1,518$654 – $3,596
Non-profit729$1,838$642 – $4,320
System affiliation
Part of a system793$1,838$756 – $4,447
Independent112$1,113$238 – $3,102

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,156
Median cash price$1,751
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

664 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,751 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,799; most fall between $614 and $3,213.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 664 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
$272$837$1,751$2,965$5,119

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 19× what the cheapest tenth charges ($272 vs $5,119).

Of the 733 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 664 gave a usable cash price; 32 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 37 a list price only.

How complete is this

905 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (23%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,035 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted905
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here57
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded4
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded67
Hospitals that filed this code1,035

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • 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 Bronchoscopy W/Cptr-Asst Image-Guided Navigation.

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, “Computer-guided navigation added to a lung airway scope exam (CPT 31627) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-31627-computer-guided-navigation-added-to-a-lung-airway-scope-exam