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Removal Of A Nasal Growth Through An Outside Incision

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 30118

This removes or destroys a growth inside the nose using an approach made through an incision on the outside of the nose, rather than working entirely through the nostrils. It is typically chosen when a growth is difficult to reach or fully treat from inside the nasal passages alone. Methods used can include cutting the growth out or destroying it, such as with a laser.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Nasal Growth Through An Outside Incision cost?

$2,731

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,731 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,072$794 to $1,905
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$1,047 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $776 to $8,710Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $776 to $2,138
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,660professional $1,072

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$45,708.82
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,888.44

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 6.4 times more in South Carolina than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

North Carolina· 45th of 50

$2,731

$1,072 physician + $1,660 facility

SC $9,665WV $1,517

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.