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Removal Of A Nasal Growth Through An Outside Incision

South 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?

$9,665

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,665 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,710 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$955$776 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,710$2,291 to $13,183

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,710 · 10th to 90th $955 to $21,878Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,413
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $8,710professional $955

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
$954.99
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$10,964.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,778.28
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where South 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

South Carolina· 1st of 50

$9,665

$955 physician + $8,710 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.