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Removal of an Object From the Nose, Asleep

Louisiana 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 July 2026.

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

$2,277

Typical total for the visit. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,277 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$282$229 to $339
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$977 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $479 to $4,786Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $178 to $363
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,995professional $282

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
$446.68
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,025.60
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$316.23
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$407.38

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 17.4 times more in Maine 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

Louisiana· 32nd of 50

$2,277

$282 physician + $1,995 facility

ME $7,036WV $404

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.