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Sinus Flushing Through The Cheekbone

Florida 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?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 from a physician practice, and about $2,884 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 8 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$151$107 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,884$1,318 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $550 to $10,715Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $91 to $257
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,884professional $151

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
$549.54
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$234.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$12,302.69
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$331.13
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,365.16
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$173.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$316.23
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$194.98

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 44th of 51

$178

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.