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Procedure price report · Diagnostic bronchoscopy and biopsy of bronchus

Ultrasound-guided bronchoscopy biopsy, 1-2 node stations

CPT 31652the billing code this page is about

A scope with an ultrasound probe is used to sample lymph nodes or other structures next to the airways; this code covers sampling at one or two node stations.

Hospitals typically charge $4,009 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,105 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,004. Most fall between $1,952 and $7,482 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,105
States
49
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 1,105 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
$1,120$2,255$4,009$6,311$10,780

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,120 vs $10,780).

How the prices are spread

$608 – $835: 18 hospitals$608$835 – $1,146: 41 hospitals$1,146 – $1,574: 59 hospitals$1,146$1,574 – $2,161: 77 hospitals$2,161 – $2,967: 165 hospitals$2,161$2,967 – $4,074: 145 hospitals$4,074 – $5,594: 218 hospitals$4,074$5,594 – $7,680: 110 hospitals$7,680 – $10,545: 101 hospitals$7,680$10,545 – $14,479: 61 hospitals$10,545median $4,009price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (995 of 1,105 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$608$83518
$835$1,14641
$1,146$1,57459
$1,574$2,16177
$2,161$2,967165
$2,967$4,074145
$4,074$5,594218
$5,594$7,680110
$7,680$10,545101
$10,545$14,47961

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,809
Median cash price$4,009
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.05×

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 $4,009.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 5 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 $3,877 across 26 hospitalsWA$3,877Idaho: median $9,904 across 11 hospitalsID$9,904Montana: 4 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 $3,405 across 31 hospitalsMN$3,405Illinois: median $3,447 across 48 hospitalsIL$3,447Wisconsin: median $2,997 across 34 hospitalsWI$2,997Michigan: median $953 across 37 hospitalsMI$953New York: median $4,595 across 57 hospitalsNY$4,595Massachusetts: median $7,597 across 30 hospitalsMA$7,597Oregon: median $2,170 across 17 hospitalsOR$2,170Nevada: 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 $2,686 across 25 hospitalsIA$2,686Indiana: median $8,736 across 20 hospitalsIN$8,736Ohio: median $6,262 across 70 hospitalsOH$6,262Pennsylvania: median $4,405 across 60 hospitalsPA$4,405New Jersey: median $4,824 across 41 hospitalsNJ$4,824Connecticut: median $4,420 across 13 hospitalsCT$4,420Rhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $4,316 across 85 hospitalsCA$4,316Utah: median $8,299 across 23 hospitalsUT$8,299Colorado: median $3,233 across 27 hospitalsCO$3,233Nebraska: median $2,298 across 14 hospitalsNE$2,298Missouri: median $2,428 across 36 hospitalsMO$2,428Kentucky: median $3,393 across 20 hospitalsKY$3,393West Virginia: median $812 across 10 hospitalsWV$812Virginia: median $2,964 across 31 hospitalsVA$2,964Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: median $1,413 across 13 hospitalsAR$1,413Tennessee: median $1,832 across 28 hospitalsTN$1,832North Carolina: median $3,152 across 15 hospitalsNC$3,152South Carolina: median $4,226 across 20 hospitalsSC$4,226Oklahoma: median $1,952 across 17 hospitalsOK$1,952Louisiana: median $2,785 across 24 hospitalsLA$2,785Mississippi: median $3,693 across 16 hospitalsMS$3,693Alabama: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $3,668 across 46 hospitalsGA$3,668Hawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,229 across 51 hospitalsTX$2,229Florida: median $5,288 across 40 hospitalsFL$5,288
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,009. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Idaho ID11$9,904+147%$2,800 – $9,904
Indiana IN20$8,736+118%$1,120 – $17,270
Utah UT23$8,299+107%$8,299 – $9,221
Massachusetts MA30$7,597+90%$3,028 – $13,135
Ohio OH70$6,262+56%$5,054 – $11,024
Florida FL40$5,288+32%$3,219 – $7,482
New Jersey NJ41$4,824+20%$4,084 – $6,025
New York NY57$4,595+15%$2,475 – $7,999
Connecticut CT13$4,420+10%$1,215 – $12,586
Pennsylvania PA60$4,405+10%$3,038 – $7,940
California CA85$4,316+8%$2,395 – $8,204
South Carolina SC20$4,226+5%$4,226 – $4,445
Washington WA26$3,877−3%$2,143 – $4,621
Mississippi MS16$3,693−8%$2,030 – $4,351
Georgia GA46$3,668−8%$2,391 – $6,602
Illinois IL48$3,447−14%$1,330 – $6,395
Minnesota MN31$3,405−15%$2,091 – $4,913
Kentucky KY20$3,393−15%$1,120 – $14,805
Colorado CO27$3,233−19%$2,002 – $4,009
North Carolina NC15$3,152−21%$1,358 – $4,909
Wisconsin WI34$2,997−25%$2,434 – $5,745
Virginia VA31$2,964−26%$2,208 – $9,774
Louisiana LA24$2,785−31%$1,682 – $4,172
Iowa IA25$2,686−33%$1,711 – $5,718
Missouri MO36$2,428−39%$1,570 – $4,683
Nebraska NE14$2,298−43%$1,370 – $2,636
Texas TX51$2,229−44%$1,786 – $5,145
Oregon OR17$2,170−46%$963 – $7,447
Oklahoma OK17$1,952−51%$1,952 – $4,339
Tennessee TN28$1,832−54%$1,457 – $5,916
Arkansas AR13$1,413−65%$1,223 – $4,784
Michigan MI37$953−76%$426 – $5,127
West Virginia WV10$812−80%$230 – $3,501
Alabama AL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not 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 $4,009.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care984$4,017$1,962 – $7,925
Children’s10fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access106$3,693$1,506 – $6,479
Ownership
For-profit93$4,055$1,844 – $7,965
Government144$3,701$1,832 – $6,602
Non-profit863$4,081$1,977 – $8,102
System affiliation
Part of a system949$4,104$2,035 – $7,879
Independent156$3,393$716 – $6,511

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$7,134
Median cash price$4,009
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

794 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,701 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,808; most fall between $1,844 and $6,775.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 794 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
$1,100$2,082$3,701$5,995$8,736

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,100 vs $8,736).

Of the 860 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 794 gave a usable cash price; 35 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 31 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,105 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (28%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,192 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,105
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here52
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded6
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded29
Hospitals that filed this code1,192

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 Diagnostic bronchoscopy and biopsy of bronchus family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Brnchsc Ebus Guided Sampl 1/2 Node Station/Strux.

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, “Ultrasound-guided bronchoscopy biopsy, 1-2 node stations (CPT 31652) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-31652-ultrasound-guided-bronchoscopy-biopsy-1-2-node-stations