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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures on respiratory system

Bronchoscopy to destroy an airway tumor or open a narrowing

CPT 31641the billing code this page is about

Airway exam with a flexible or rigid scope during which a blockage such as a tumor or scar narrowing is treated with laser, cryotherapy, or a similar technique rather than cut out.

Hospitals typically charge $3,428 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 858 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,577. Most fall between $1,296 and $6,037 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
858
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 858 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
$586$1,752$3,428$5,138$9,113

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($586 vs $9,113).

How the prices are spread

$451 – $626: 47 hospitals$451$626 – $869: 33 hospitals$869 – $1,207: 39 hospitals$869$1,207 – $1,676: 43 hospitals$1,676 – $2,326: 77 hospitals$1,676$2,326 – $3,230: 112 hospitals$3,230 – $4,484: 162 hospitals$3,230$4,484 – $6,225: 155 hospitals$6,225 – $8,642: 58 hospitals$6,225$8,642 – $11,998: 51 hospitals$8,642median $3,428price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (777 of 858 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$451$62647
$626$86933
$869$1,20739
$1,207$1,67643
$1,676$2,32677
$2,326$3,230112
$3,230$4,484162
$4,484$6,225155
$6,225$8,64258
$8,642$11,99851

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,809
Median cash price$3,428
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.90×

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 $3,428.

Alaska: 2 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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $2,840 across 24 hospitalsWA$2,840Idaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 5 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 $3,409 across 26 hospitalsMN$3,409Illinois: median $1,128 across 29 hospitalsIL$1,128Wisconsin: median $2,525 across 33 hospitalsWI$2,525Michigan: median $1,142 across 28 hospitalsMI$1,142New York: median $4,363 across 47 hospitalsNY$4,363Massachusetts: median $5,335 across 13 hospitalsMA$5,335Oregon: median $451 across 10 hospitalsOR$451Nevada: 5 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 $650 across 21 hospitalsIA$650Indiana: median $1,049 across 21 hospitalsIN$1,049Ohio: median $3,887 across 52 hospitalsOH$3,887Pennsylvania: median $4,104 across 49 hospitalsPA$4,104New Jersey: median $4,824 across 36 hospitalsNJ$4,824Connecticut: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $5,138 across 75 hospitalsCA$5,138Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $3,285 across 26 hospitalsCO$3,285Nebraska: median $3,004 across 12 hospitalsNE$3,004Missouri: median $3,235 across 20 hospitalsMO$3,235Kentucky: median $2,922 across 10 hospitalsKY$2,922West Virginia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $4,552 across 13 hospitalsVA$4,552Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $987 across 12 hospitalsTN$987North Carolina: median $1,310 across 18 hospitalsNC$1,310South Carolina: median $4,011 across 15 hospitalsSC$4,011Oklahoma: median $533 across 16 hospitalsOK$533Louisiana: median $2,175 across 20 hospitalsLA$2,175Mississippi: median $2,710 across 11 hospitalsMS$2,710Alabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $3,477 across 39 hospitalsGA$3,477Hawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,229 across 48 hospitalsTX$2,229Florida: median $4,655 across 46 hospitalsFL$4,655
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,428. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Massachusetts MA13$5,335+56%$2,742 – $10,189
California CA75$5,138+50%$3,045 – $6,037
New Jersey NJ36$4,824+41%$4,081 – $5,855
Florida FL46$4,655+36%$3,038 – $6,508
Virginia VA13$4,552+33%$2,706 – $4,573
New York NY47$4,363+27%$2,062 – $4,595
Pennsylvania PA49$4,104+20%$2,331 – $6,233
South Carolina SC15$4,011+17%$4,011 – $5,357
Ohio OH52$3,887+13%$2,636 – $11,024
Georgia GA39$3,477+1%$2,314 – $6,602
Minnesota MN26$3,409−1%$2,284 – $4,981
Colorado CO26$3,285−4%$2,226 – $4,116
Missouri MO20$3,235−6%$424 – $6,375
Nebraska NE12$3,004−12%$493 – $3,774
Kentucky KY10$2,922−15%$329 – $14,805
Washington WA24$2,840−17%$1,806 – $4,927
Mississippi MS11$2,710−21%$987 – $4,021
Wisconsin WI33$2,525−26%$2,525 – $4,192
Texas TX48$2,229−35%$1,393 – $2,809
Louisiana LA20$2,175−37%$1,212 – $3,518
North Carolina NC18$1,310−62%$1,296 – $3,273
Michigan MI28$1,142−67%$1,142 – $5,127
Illinois IL29$1,128−67%$586 – $6,395
Indiana IN21$1,049−69%$586 – $1,492
Tennessee TN12$987−71%$252 – $4,662
Iowa IA21$650−81%$650 – $3,774
Oklahoma OK16$533−84%$533 – $4,351
Oregon OR10$451−87%$451 – $8,845
Arkansas AR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not 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 $3,428.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care745$3,696$1,373 – $6,037
Children’s19fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access89$2,649$650 – $4,981
Ownership
For-profit69$3,281$980 – $6,508
Government102$3,373$1,373 – $6,137
Non-profit682$3,579$1,296 – $5,774
System affiliation
Part of a system752$3,599$1,393 – $6,037
Independent106$2,684$575 – $5,426

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$6,171
Median cash price$3,428
Cash as a share of list, median hospital58%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 42%. 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

599 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,268 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,471; most fall between $1,239 and $6,037.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 599 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
$573$1,680$3,268$5,510$8,728

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($573 vs $8,728).

Of the 637 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 599 gave a usable cash price; 19 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 19 a list price only.

How complete is this

858 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (22%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 918 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted858
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here41
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 — excluded16
Hospitals that filed this code918

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/Dstrj Tum Relief Stenosis Oth/Thn Exc.

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 to destroy an airway tumor or open a narrowing (CPT 31641) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-31641-bronchoscopy-to-destroy-an-airway-tumor-or-open-a-narrowing