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Sinus Flushing Through The Cheekbone

Arizona 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 Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $2,188 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 5 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$178$117 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,188$1,230 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $209 to $5,623Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $102 to $380
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,188professional $178

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
$1,513.56
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$302.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$281.84

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 29th 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.