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Removal of Nasal Turbinate Tissue

Delaware rates for HCPCS 30140

A surgeon reduces or removes part or all of the turbinate, a ridge of tissue inside the nose that helps warm and humidify air, when it has become enlarged and is blocking airflow. This can be done using a variety of surgical techniques and is aimed at improving nasal breathing. It addresses tissue underneath the nasal lining rather than just the surface.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal of Nasal Turbinate Tissue cost?

$1,583

Typical total for the visit. In Delaware, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,583 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$324$224 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$776 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $302 to $2,754Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $170 to $631
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,259professional $324

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$645.65
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$630.96

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 7.6 times more in Colorado 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

Delaware· 44th of 51

$1,583

$324 physician + $1,259 facility

CO $4,696WV $618

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.