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Procedure to Open a Collapsing Nasal Side Wall

California rates for HCPCS 30468

A procedure that treats collapse of the side wall of the nose at its narrowest point, where the airway blocks most easily, so that air moves through more freely. It is carried out from inside the nose without an external incision, for people whose blockage comes from the side wall giving way as they breathe in.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Procedure to Open a Collapsing Nasal Side Wall cost?

$5,012

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,012 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,023 from a physician practice, and about $7,762 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,023$191 to $3,890
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,762$5,012 to $11,220

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $2,754 to $16,982Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $155 to $9,772
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $7,762professional $1,023

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
$2,818.38
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$23,988.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$11,748.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$7,413.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$4,570.88
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$5,888.44
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$5,888.44
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,466.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,677.35
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$23,442.29
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17,378.01
Median
$19,952.62
Typical High
$19,952.62
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,786.30
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$5,623.41
The Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,165.95

Where California sits

The same service costs 22.4 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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.

California· 1st of 51

$5,012

CA $5,012KY $224

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.