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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures on respiratory system

Lung airway scope exam with widening of a narrowed airway

CPT 31630the billing code this page is about

A scope is passed into the airways to stretch open a narrowed windpipe or breathing tube, or to reposition a fractured airway without open surgery.

Hospitals typically charge $3,667 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 748 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,487. Most fall between $910 and $5,767 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
748
States
49
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – 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 748 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
$370$1,247$3,667$5,218$7,795

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 21× what the cheapest tenth charges ($370 vs $7,795).

How the prices are spread

$280 – $400: 51 hospitals$280$400 – $571: 44 hospitals$571 – $816: 14 hospitals$571$816 – $1,166: 45 hospitals$1,166 – $1,665: 32 hospitals$1,166$1,665 – $2,379: 60 hospitals$2,379 – $3,398: 78 hospitals$2,379$3,398 – $4,854: 156 hospitals$4,854 – $6,933: 130 hospitals$4,854$6,933 – $9,904: 70 hospitals$6,933median $3,667price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (680 of 748 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$280$40051
$400$57144
$571$81614
$816$1,16645
$1,166$1,66532
$1,665$2,37960
$2,379$3,39878
$3,398$4,854156
$4,854$6,933130
$6,933$9,90470

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,809
Median cash price$3,667
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.96×

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 $3,667.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $4,803 across 12 hospitalsWA$4,803Idaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 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 $3,354 across 19 hospitalsMN$3,354Illinois: median $1,462 across 30 hospitalsIL$1,462Wisconsin: median $2,373 across 30 hospitalsWI$2,373Michigan: median $310 across 29 hospitalsMI$310New York: median $4,363 across 43 hospitalsNY$4,363Massachusetts: median $4,410 across 16 hospitalsMA$4,410Oregon: median $367 across 14 hospitalsOR$367Nevada: 4 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 $502 across 18 hospitalsIA$502Indiana: median $1,049 across 20 hospitalsIN$1,049Ohio: median $5,662 across 42 hospitalsOH$5,662Pennsylvania: median $4,405 across 37 hospitalsPA$4,405New Jersey: median $4,693 across 34 hospitalsNJ$4,693Connecticut: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $5,138 across 64 hospitalsCA$5,138Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $3,586 across 20 hospitalsCO$3,586Nebraska: median $2,230 across 13 hospitalsNE$2,230Missouri: median $2,833 across 15 hospitalsMO$2,833Kentucky: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $7,011 across 11 hospitalsVA$7,011Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $1,568 across 13 hospitalsTN$1,568North Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: median $3,288 across 19 hospitalsSC$3,288Oklahoma: median $415 across 15 hospitalsOK$415Louisiana: median $1,723 across 18 hospitalsLA$1,723Mississippi: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $1,950 across 34 hospitalsGA$1,950Hawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,184 across 44 hospitalsTX$5,184Florida: median $3,701 across 50 hospitalsFL$3,701
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,667. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Virginia VA11$7,011+91%$3,053 – $7,011
Ohio OH42$5,662+54%$991 – $8,948
Texas TX44$5,184+41%$1,294 – $5,767
California CA64$5,138+40%$3,856 – $7,795
Washington WA12$4,803+31%$4,652 – $4,900
New Jersey NJ34$4,693+28%$4,081 – $5,741
Massachusetts MA16$4,410+20%$2,212 – $5,605
Pennsylvania PA37$4,405+20%$3,811 – $6,947
New York NY43$4,363+19%$598 – $4,595
Florida FL50$3,701+1%$3,217 – $6,898
Colorado CO20$3,586−2%$2,083 – $4,023
Minnesota MN19$3,354−9%$1,292 – $5,133
South Carolina SC19$3,288−10%$2,890 – $5,357
Missouri MO15$2,833−23%$321 – $8,496
Wisconsin WI30$2,373−35%$974 – $4,849
Nebraska NE13$2,230−39%$383 – $3,129
Georgia GA34$1,950−47%$1,755 – $6,602
Louisiana LA18$1,723−53%$1,247 – $3,255
Tennessee TN13$1,568−57%$198 – $4,662
Illinois IL30$1,462−60%$370 – $7,164
Indiana IN20$1,049−71%$280 – $1,492
Iowa IA18$502−86%$502 – $1,711
Oklahoma OK15$415−89%$415 – $4,320
Oregon OR14$367−90%$356 – $8,845
Michigan MI29$310−92%$196 – $3,696
Kentucky KY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not 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 $3,667.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care649$3,726$974 – $5,774
Children’s18fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access78$1,654$367 – $5,767
Ownership
For-profit61$3,217$674 – $5,705
Government93$3,294$721 – $5,767
Non-profit591$3,856$924 – $5,774
System affiliation
Part of a system656$3,844$991 – $5,774
Independent92$2,083$401 – $4,968

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$5,851
Median cash price$3,667
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

533 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,354 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,360; most fall between $813 and $5,774.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 533 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
$409$975$3,354$5,480$7,795

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 19× what the cheapest tenth charges ($409 vs $7,795).

Of the 575 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 533 gave a usable cash price; 21 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 21 a list price only.

How complete is this

748 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (19%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 812 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted748
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here43
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded18
Hospitals that filed this code812

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 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR therapeutic procedures on respiratory system family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Brnchsc W/Tracheal/Bronchial Dilat/Clsd Rdctj Fx.

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 widening of a narrowed airway (CPT 31630) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-31630-lung-airway-scope-exam-with-widening-of-a-narrowed-airway