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Removal of an Object From the Nose, Asleep

Arizona rates for HCPCS 30310

Removal of an object stuck inside the nose, carried out in an operating room with the patient fully asleep. General anesthesia is used when the object cannot be safely reached in the office, because the patient cannot hold still, the object is lodged deep, or there is bleeding and swelling in the way. The nose is inspected afterward to make sure nothing is left behind.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal of an Object From the Nose, Asleep cost?

$1,604

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,604 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,380 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$224$195 to $302
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$617 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $437 to $4,898Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $174 to $1,862
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,380professional $224

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$354.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$380.19
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 7.2 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

Arizona· 32nd of 51

$1,604

$224 physician + $1,380 facility

CO $4,681MT $647

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.