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Procedure price report · Diagnostic bronchoscopy and biopsy of bronchus

Lung airway scope exam with lung biopsy, one lobe

CPT 31628the billing code this page is about

A scope is passed into the airways and tissue is taken from the lung itself through the airway wall in a single lobe of the lung.

Hospitals typically charge $2,883 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,303 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,014. Most fall between $973 and $5,774 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,303
States
49
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 1,303 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
$567$1,295$2,883$4,839$8,642

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($567 vs $8,642).

How the prices are spread

$406 – $571: 68 hospitals$406$571 – $803: 82 hospitals$803 – $1,130: 85 hospitals$803$1,130 – $1,590: 71 hospitals$1,590 – $2,236: 158 hospitals$1,590$2,236 – $3,146: 168 hospitals$3,146 – $4,426: 223 hospitals$3,146$4,426 – $6,226: 140 hospitals$6,226 – $8,758: 118 hospitals$6,226$8,758 – $12,319: 60 hospitals$8,758median $2,883price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,173 of 1,303 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$406$57168
$571$80382
$803$1,13085
$1,130$1,59071
$1,590$2,236158
$2,236$3,146168
$3,146$4,426223
$4,426$6,226140
$6,226$8,758118
$8,758$12,31960

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,809
Median cash price$2,883
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.76×

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 $2,883.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $3,203 across 32 hospitalsWA$3,203Idaho: median $9,904 across 10 hospitalsID$9,904Montana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,585 across 34 hospitalsMN$2,585Illinois: median $1,702 across 47 hospitalsIL$1,702Wisconsin: median $2,091 across 54 hospitalsWI$2,091Michigan: median $791 across 39 hospitalsMI$791New York: median $4,363 across 68 hospitalsNY$4,363Massachusetts: median $4,198 across 28 hospitalsMA$4,198Oregon: median $760 across 25 hospitalsOR$760Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $906 across 26 hospitalsIA$906Indiana: median $3,181 across 34 hospitalsIN$3,181Ohio: median $4,282 across 81 hospitalsOH$4,282Pennsylvania: median $4,323 across 66 hospitalsPA$4,323New Jersey: median $4,824 across 43 hospitalsNJ$4,824Connecticut: median $2,263 across 12 hospitalsCT$2,263Rhode Island: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $5,125 across 113 hospitalsCA$5,125Utah: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $3,186 across 28 hospitalsCO$3,186Nebraska: median $2,153 across 17 hospitalsNE$2,153Missouri: median $1,816 across 44 hospitalsMO$1,816Kentucky: median $3,177 across 20 hospitalsKY$3,177West Virginia: median $696 across 20 hospitalsWV$696Virginia: median $4,039 across 26 hospitalsVA$4,039Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: median $2,754 across 11 hospitalsNM$2,754Kansas: median $1,000 across 14 hospitalsKS$1,000Arkansas: median $1,039 across 11 hospitalsAR$1,039Tennessee: median $1,861 across 20 hospitalsTN$1,861North Carolina: median $1,766 across 25 hospitalsNC$1,766South Carolina: median $2,716 across 24 hospitalsSC$2,716Oklahoma: median $2,377 across 25 hospitalsOK$2,377Louisiana: median $1,172 across 31 hospitalsLA$1,172Mississippi: median $2,600 across 27 hospitalsMS$2,600Alabama: median $3,327 across 13 hospitalsAL$3,327Georgia: median $2,560 across 46 hospitalsGA$2,560Hawaii: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,229 across 65 hospitalsTX$2,229Florida: median $4,407 across 47 hospitalsFL$4,407
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,883. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Idaho ID10$9,904+244%$1,334 – $9,904
California CA113$5,125+78%$1,297 – $6,384
New Jersey NJ43$4,824+67%$4,084 – $6,311
Florida FL47$4,407+53%$2,074 – $6,508
New York NY68$4,363+51%$598 – $6,065
Pennsylvania PA66$4,323+50%$2,304 – $6,065
Ohio OH81$4,282+49%$2,786 – $11,024
Massachusetts MA28$4,198+46%$2,028 – $10,189
Virginia VA26$4,039+40%$3,035 – $6,946
Alabama AL13$3,327+15%$1,010 – $10,296
Washington WA32$3,203+11%$556 – $4,208
Colorado CO28$3,186+11%$1,591 – $3,586
Indiana IN34$3,181+10%$793 – $16,134
Kentucky KY20$3,177+10%$468 – $14,805
New Mexico NM11$2,754−4%$822 – $3,229
South Carolina SC24$2,716−6%$2,716 – $7,079
Mississippi MS27$2,600−10%$1,395 – $4,014
Minnesota MN34$2,585−10%$775 – $3,395
Georgia GA46$2,560−11%$2,230 – $6,602
Oklahoma OK25$2,377−18%$446 – $3,454
Connecticut CT12$2,263−21%$905 – $4,670
Texas TX65$2,229−23%$1,385 – $3,704
Nebraska NE17$2,153−25%$728 – $2,475
Wisconsin WI54$2,091−27%$1,748 – $3,012
Tennessee TN20$1,861−35%$409 – $3,278
Missouri MO44$1,816−37%$716 – $4,096
North Carolina NC25$1,766−39%$1,296 – $3,256
Illinois IL47$1,702−41%$767 – $3,532
Louisiana LA31$1,172−59%$839 – $2,272
Arkansas AR11$1,039−64%$682 – $1,402
Kansas KS14$1,000−65%$511 – $3,701
Iowa IA26$906−69%$906 – $3,387
Michigan MI39$791−73%$626 – $5,127
Oregon OR25$760−74%$668 – $7,447
West Virginia WV20$696−76%$183 – $1,965
Arizona AZ9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not 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 $2,883.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,120$3,094$1,116 – $6,065
Children’s18fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access158$1,748$511 – $3,842
Ownership
For-profit147$3,256$1,700 – $6,305
Government172$2,518$723 – $4,407
Non-profit977$2,896$947 – $5,990
System affiliation
Part of a system1,088$3,028$1,154 – $5,990
Independent215$2,074$532 – $4,575

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,625
Median cash price$2,883
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

902 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,622 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,778; most fall between $914 and $5,379.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 902 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
$468$1,247$2,622$4,501$7,079

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($468 vs $7,079).

Of the 958 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 902 gave a usable cash price; 17 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 39 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,303 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (33%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,397 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,303
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here56
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded8
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded29
Hospitals that filed this code1,397

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 Bronchoscopy W/Transbronchial Lung Bx 1 Lobe.

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, “Lung airway scope exam with lung biopsy, one lobe (CPT 31628) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-31628-lung-airway-scope-exam-with-lung-biopsy-one-lobe