CPT code 31641: Therapeutic bronchoscopy, tumor destruction or stenosis relief2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Delaware

In Delaware, Medicare pays $223.08 for 31641 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 31641 nationwide

Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 31641 covers

This service treats an obstructing endobronchial tumor or narrowed airway through a rigid or flexible bronchoscope, using a destructive technique rather than excision. A pulmonologist, interventional pulmonologist, or thoracic surgeon may use methods such as laser treatment, thermal ablation, or cryotherapy to restore airway patency. It is commonly performed in a hospital or other procedural setting for malignant or benign airway obstruction.

Select the code when the documented treatment destroys tumor or relieves stenosis without removing the tissue by excision; use the operative report to identify the airway site, obstruction, and technique. CMS assigns a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. When related endoscopies are performed together, endoscopy-family pricing applies. Modifier 50 is inappropriate, and no bilateral adjustment applies. Medicare does not pay an assistant at surgery for this service; co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

How Delaware compares for 31641

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 31641 runs from $210.21 in Arkansas to $301.68 in Alaska. Delaware pays $223.08. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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31641 rates by state

Office rate range in each state. Select a state to see its payment localities.

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How the 31641 rate is calculated

Each of 31641’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

Payment rules and modifiers for 31641

The CMS indicators that decide how 31641 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 31641

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

How 31641 has changed in Delaware

Price 31641 for an earlier date of service

Where the Delaware rate applies

Delaware is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 79 cities and communities in Delaware. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Arden
• Ardencroft
• Ardentown
• Bear
• Bellefonte
• Bethany Beach
• Bethel
• Blades

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Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

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