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Lung airway scope exam with removal of an airway tumor

CPT 31640the billing code this page is about

A scope is passed into the airways to cut out a growth from the wall of the windpipe or a breathing tube.

Hospitals typically charge $3,518 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 633 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,230. Most fall between $680 and $5,725 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
633
States
47
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 633 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
$462$1,061$3,518$5,127$7,800

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 17× what the cheapest tenth charges ($462 vs $7,800).

How the prices are spread

$344 – $482: 49 hospitals$344$482 – $674: 54 hospitals$674 – $943: 24 hospitals$674$943 – $1,320: 29 hospitals$1,320 – $1,847: 30 hospitals$1,320$1,847 – $2,584: 42 hospitals$2,584 – $3,616: 71 hospitals$2,584$3,616 – $5,059: 150 hospitals$5,059 – $7,078: 94 hospitals$5,059$7,078 – $9,904: 36 hospitals$7,078median $3,518price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (579 of 633 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$344$48249
$482$67454
$674$94324
$943$1,32029
$1,320$1,84730
$1,847$2,58442
$2,584$3,61671
$3,616$5,059150
$5,059$7,07894
$7,078$9,90436

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,809
Median cash price$3,518
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.92×

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 $3,518.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 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 $2,904 across 16 hospitalsWA$2,904Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,046 across 26 hospitalsIL$1,046Wisconsin: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $2,692 across 14 hospitalsMI$2,692New York: median $4,363 across 33 hospitalsNY$4,363Massachusetts: median $5,216 across 13 hospitalsMA$5,216Oregon: median $462 across 13 hospitalsOR$462Nevada: 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 $636 across 17 hospitalsIA$636Indiana: median $966 across 18 hospitalsIN$966Ohio: median $3,692 across 50 hospitalsOH$3,692Pennsylvania: median $4,405 across 25 hospitalsPA$4,405New Jersey: median $4,824 across 33 hospitalsNJ$4,824Connecticut: 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 $3,285 across 21 hospitalsCO$3,285Nebraska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $1,434 across 16 hospitalsMO$1,434Kentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $1,781 across 10 hospitalsTN$1,781North Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: median $3,734 across 20 hospitalsSC$3,734Oklahoma: median $2,804 across 22 hospitalsOK$2,804Louisiana: median $2,300 across 18 hospitalsLA$2,300Mississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $4,941 across 34 hospitalsGA$4,941Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,164 across 19 hospitalsTX$1,164Florida: median $3,252 across 30 hospitalsFL$3,252
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,518. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Massachusetts MA13$5,216+48%$2,430 – $10,189
California CA64$5,138+46%$1,772 – $8,529
Georgia GA34$4,941+40%$2,535 – $6,945
New Jersey NJ33$4,824+37%$4,081 – $5,339
Pennsylvania PA25$4,405+25%$3,811 – $6,472
New York NY33$4,363+24%$619 – $6,472
South Carolina SC20$3,734+6%$3,672 – $3,734
Ohio OH50$3,692+5%$1,282 – $6,775
Colorado CO21$3,285−7%$1,783 – $4,379
Florida FL30$3,252−8%$1,381 – $10,925
Washington WA16$2,904−17%$2,904 – $5,788
Oklahoma OK22$2,804−20%$344 – $3,800
Michigan MI14$2,692−23%$430 – $5,127
Louisiana LA18$2,300−35%$1,120 – $3,664
Tennessee TN10$1,781−49%$252 – $4,662
Missouri MO16$1,434−59%$430 – $4,115
Texas TX19$1,164−67%$534 – $3,618
Illinois IL26$1,046−70%$586 – $6,178
Indiana IN18$966−73%$586 – $1,306
Iowa IA17$636−82%$636 – $1,510
Oregon OR13$462−87%$440 – $3,188
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not 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 $3,518.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care553$3,672$732 – $5,774
Children’s15fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access62$1,523$585 – $5,653
Ownership
For-profit55$2,535$702 – $5,357
Government93$3,017$663 – $4,941
Non-profit482$3,692$650 – $5,774
System affiliation
Part of a system537$3,692$838 – $5,774
Independent96$2,083$532 – $4,699

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$5,745
Median cash price$3,518
Cash as a share of list, median hospital56%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 44%. 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

453 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,252 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,109; most fall between $633 and $6,233.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 453 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
$431$732$3,252$5,138$8,529

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 20× what the cheapest tenth charges ($431 vs $8,529).

Of the 484 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 453 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 14 a list price only.

How complete is this

633 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (16%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 683 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted633
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here35
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded13
Hospitals that filed this code683

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 Bronchoscopy W/Excision Tumor.

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 removal of an airway tumor (CPT 31640) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-31640-lung-airway-scope-exam-with-removal-of-an-airway-tumor