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Procedure price report · Diagnostic bronchoscopy and biopsy of bronchus

Needle lung biopsy through a scope, each additional lobe

CPT 31633the billing code this page is about

An add-on charge for a needle sample taken through the airway wall in one more lobe beyond the first; it is billed once per extra lobe alongside the main bronchoscopy.

Hospitals typically charge $1,162 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 774 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,283. Most fall between $265 and $2,660 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
774
States
48
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 774 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
$124$361$1,162$2,293$4,881

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 39× what the cheapest tenth charges ($124 vs $4,881).

How the prices are spread

$99 – $161: 73 hospitals$99$161 – $260: 43 hospitals$260 – $422: 42 hospitals$260$422 – $683: 73 hospitals$683 – $1,107: 97 hospitals$683$1,107 – $1,795: 123 hospitals$1,795 – $2,908: 139 hospitals$1,795$2,908 – $4,714: 67 hospitals$4,714 – $7,639: 22 hospitals$4,714$7,639 – $12,380: 19 hospitals$7,639median $1,162price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (698 of 774 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$99$16173
$161$26043
$260$42242
$422$68373
$683$1,10797
$1,107$1,795123
$1,795$2,908139
$2,908$4,71467
$4,714$7,63922
$7,639$12,38019

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,162.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,246 across 18 hospitalsWA$1,246Idaho: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $921 across 24 hospitalsMN$921Illinois: median $1,285 across 33 hospitalsIL$1,285Wisconsin: median $707 across 32 hospitalsWI$707Michigan: median $124 across 31 hospitalsMI$124New York: median $300 across 26 hospitalsNY$300Massachusetts: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 3 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 $201 across 20 hospitalsIA$201Indiana: median $602 across 29 hospitalsIN$602Ohio: median $1,873 across 50 hospitalsOH$1,873Pennsylvania: median $1,960 across 21 hospitalsPA$1,960New Jersey: median $4,627 across 23 hospitalsNJ$4,627Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $1,820 across 79 hospitalsCA$1,820Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $869 across 23 hospitalsCO$869Nebraska: median $935 across 11 hospitalsNE$935Missouri: median $983 across 24 hospitalsMO$983Kentucky: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital 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: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $1,404 across 15 hospitalsTN$1,404North Carolina: median $706 across 16 hospitalsNC$706South Carolina: median $1,980 across 17 hospitalsSC$1,980Oklahoma: median $111 across 14 hospitalsOK$111Louisiana: median $834 across 21 hospitalsLA$834Mississippi: median $489 across 12 hospitalsMS$489Alabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $1,689 across 42 hospitalsGA$1,689Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,179 across 40 hospitalsTX$2,179Florida: median $1,604 across 38 hospitalsFL$1,604
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,162. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ23$4,627+298%$2,121 – $5,855
Texas TX40$2,179+88%$526 – $2,310
South Carolina SC17$1,980+70%$907 – $1,980
Pennsylvania PA21$1,960+69%$1,139 – $6,660
Ohio OH50$1,873+61%$919 – $3,042
California CA79$1,820+57%$851 – $3,982
Georgia GA42$1,689+45%$344 – $2,459
Florida FL38$1,604+38%$816 – $7,011
Tennessee TN15$1,404+21%$85 – $1,861
Illinois IL33$1,285+11%$150 – $2,917
Washington WA18$1,246+7%$183 – $1,424
Missouri MO24$983−15%$487 – $5,647
Nebraska NE11$935−20%$162 – $1,161
Minnesota MN24$921−21%$114 – $1,749
Colorado CO23$869−25%$572 – $1,020
Louisiana LA21$834−28%$470 – $1,006
Wisconsin WI32$707−39%$343 – $1,549
North Carolina NC16$706−39%$361 – $1,779
Indiana IN29$602−48%$187 – $16,282
Mississippi MS12$489−58%$489 – $994
New York NY26$300−74%$145 – $2,143
Iowa IA20$201−83%$201 – $935
Michigan MI31$124−89%$82 – $343
Oklahoma OK14$111−90%$111 – $2,660
Arkansas AR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not 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 $1,162.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care672$1,246$300 – $2,878
Children’s10fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access88$707$183 – $2,204
Ownership
For-profit65$1,302$232 – $3,113
Government111$1,110$254 – $2,310
Non-profit594$1,242$281 – $2,945
System affiliation
Part of a system666$1,302$343 – $2,879
Independent108$585$160 – $2,121

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,138
Median cash price$1,162
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

573 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,124 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,184; most fall between $201 and $2,310.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 573 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
$124$343$1,124$2,023$3,572

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 29× what the cheapest tenth charges ($124 vs $3,572).

Of the 636 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 573 gave a usable cash price; 24 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

774 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (20%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 894 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted774
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here49
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded68
Hospitals that filed this code894

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 23, 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/Transbroncl Ndl Aspir Bx Ea 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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Needle lung biopsy through a scope, each additional lobe (CPT 31633) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-31633-needle-lung-biopsy-through-a-scope-each-additional-lobe