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Procedure to Open a Collapsing Nasal Side Wall

South Dakota 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?

$2,239

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,239 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,239 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 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 7 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$2,239$282 to $4,169
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$389 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $204 to $6,918Professionalmedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $162 to $5,888
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $2,239

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,244.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,025.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$18,620.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$6,309.57
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$7,943.28
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$5,888.44

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 43rd of 51

$2,239

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.