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Sinus Flushing Through The Cheekbone

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 31000

Flushing of the sinus cavity located behind the cheekbone, performed by passing a needle or thin instrument through the sinus wall or its natural drainage opening. This clears out fluid, mucus, or infected material and can also be used to collect a sample for testing.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Sinus Flushing Through The Cheekbone cost?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $407 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 4 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$158$132 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$407$214 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $135 to $1,820Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $91 to $229
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $407professional $158

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
$131.83
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$295.12

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 6.6 times more in Oklahoma than in Rhode Island. 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.

Arkansas· 30th of 51

$200

OK $1,000RI $151

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.