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Procedure price report · Nonoperative removal of foreign body

Bronchoscopy with foreign body removal

CPT 31635the billing code this page is about

A scope is passed into the airways to find and take out an inhaled object.

Hospitals typically charge $1,939 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,384 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,035. Most fall between $820 and $3,825 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,384
States
50
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 1,384 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
$512$987$1,939$3,253$5,158

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($512 vs $5,158).

How the prices are spread

$351 – $471: 49 hospitals$351$471 – $631: 96 hospitals$631 – $846: 84 hospitals$631$846 – $1,134: 130 hospitals$1,134 – $1,521: 103 hospitals$1,134$1,521 – $2,038: 197 hospitals$2,038 – $2,732: 197 hospitals$2,038$2,732 – $3,662: 165 hospitals$3,662 – $4,909: 135 hospitals$3,662$4,909 – $6,580: 110 hospitals$4,909median $1,939price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,266 of 1,384 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$351$47149
$471$63196
$631$84684
$846$1,134130
$1,134$1,521103
$1,521$2,038197
$2,038$2,732197
$2,732$3,662165
$3,662$4,909135
$4,909$6,580110

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,818
Median cash price$1,939
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.07×

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 $1,939.

Alaska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $1,207 across 10 hospitalsME$1,207Vermont: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $2,797 across 46 hospitalsWA$2,797Idaho: median $3,193 across 13 hospitalsID$3,193Montana: median $863 across 10 hospitalsMT$863North Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,609 across 36 hospitalsMN$1,609Illinois: median $1,908 across 44 hospitalsIL$1,908Wisconsin: median $1,675 across 53 hospitalsWI$1,675Michigan: median $1,009 across 42 hospitalsMI$1,009New York: median $2,041 across 53 hospitalsNY$2,041Massachusetts: median $2,149 across 24 hospitalsMA$2,149Oregon: median $1,157 across 35 hospitalsOR$1,157Nevada: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $705 across 26 hospitalsIA$705Indiana: median $577 across 27 hospitalsIN$577Ohio: median $4,003 across 74 hospitalsOH$4,003Pennsylvania: median $2,469 across 65 hospitalsPA$2,469New Jersey: median $4,350 across 42 hospitalsNJ$4,350Connecticut: median $2,420 across 11 hospitalsCT$2,420Rhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,037 across 122 hospitalsCA$3,037Utah: median $905 across 26 hospitalsUT$905Colorado: median $1,868 across 32 hospitalsCO$1,868Nebraska: median $1,161 across 19 hospitalsNE$1,161Missouri: median $1,254 across 38 hospitalsMO$1,254Kentucky: median $1,470 across 18 hospitalsKY$1,470West Virginia: median $502 across 16 hospitalsWV$502Virginia: median $2,129 across 34 hospitalsVA$2,129Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,929 across 10 hospitalsAZ$1,929New Mexico: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $736 across 18 hospitalsKS$736Arkansas: median $899 across 10 hospitalsAR$899Tennessee: median $987 across 30 hospitalsTN$987North Carolina: median $1,416 across 22 hospitalsNC$1,416South Carolina: median $3,851 across 31 hospitalsSC$3,851Oklahoma: median $1,257 across 27 hospitalsOK$1,257Louisiana: median $1,041 across 30 hospitalsLA$1,041Mississippi: median $1,145 across 28 hospitalsMS$1,145Alabama: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $2,290 across 45 hospitalsGA$2,290Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,707 across 69 hospitalsTX$1,707Florida: median $2,930 across 67 hospitalsFL$2,930
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,939. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ42$4,350+124%$2,031 – $5,459
Ohio OH74$4,003+106%$2,036 – $5,156
South Carolina SC31$3,851+99%$2,171 – $4,787
Idaho ID13$3,193+65%$1,334 – $4,755
California CA122$3,037+57%$1,393 – $6,580
Florida FL67$2,930+51%$1,151 – $3,676
Washington WA46$2,797+44%$962 – $3,625
Pennsylvania PA65$2,469+27%$1,139 – $3,848
Connecticut CT11$2,420+25%$1,676 – $3,354
Georgia GA45$2,290+18%$1,774 – $3,216
Massachusetts MA24$2,149+11%$1,800 – $4,259
Virginia VA34$2,129+10%$1,269 – $2,509
New York NY53$2,041+5%$525 – $3,731
Arizona AZ10$1,929−1%$302 – $4,715
Illinois IL44$1,908−2%$613 – $4,478
Colorado CO32$1,868−4%$1,514 – $3,193
Texas TX69$1,707−12%$719 – $2,869
Wisconsin WI53$1,675−14%$837 – $3,002
Minnesota MN36$1,609−17%$1,350 – $2,114
Kentucky KY18$1,470−24%$481 – $6,924
North Carolina NC22$1,416−27%$1,338 – $2,206
Oklahoma OK27$1,257−35%$351 – $1,568
Missouri MO38$1,254−35%$561 – $3,595
Maine ME10$1,207−38%$486 – $2,640
Nebraska NE19$1,161−40%$624 – $1,502
Oregon OR35$1,157−40%$533 – $4,163
Mississippi MS28$1,145−41%$936 – $2,096
Louisiana LA30$1,041−46%$636 – $2,272
Michigan MI42$1,009−48%$937 – $5,785
Tennessee TN30$987−49%$760 – $1,861
Utah UT26$905−53%$864 – $1,276
Arkansas AR10$899−54%$593 – $1,919
Montana MT10$863−55%$294 – $1,622
Kansas KS18$736−62%$388 – $1,944
Iowa IA26$705−64%$621 – $1,502
Indiana IN27$577−70%$481 – $1,065
West Virginia WV16$502−74%$182 – $1,544
Alabama AL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not 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 $1,939.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,149$2,031$912 – $3,851
Children’s24$2,092$681 – $5,558
Critical access204$1,157$554 – $2,910
Ownership
For-profit116$1,950$1,067 – $4,065
Government195$1,944$686 – $3,067
Non-profit1,066$1,934$820 – $3,851
System affiliation
Part of a system1,175$1,982$891 – $3,851
Independent209$1,668$492 – $3,200

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,848
Median cash price$1,939
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

1,053 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,014 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,129; most fall between $868 and $3,848.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,053 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
$534$1,035$2,014$3,441$5,156

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($534 vs $5,156).

Of the 1,125 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,053 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 48 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,384 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (35%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,479 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,384
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here53
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded41
Hospitals that filed this code1,479

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 Nonoperative removal of foreign body family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Bronchoscopy W/Removal Foreign Body.

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, “Bronchoscopy with foreign body removal (CPT 31635) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-31635-bronchoscopy-with-foreign-body-removal