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Sinus Flushing Through The Cheekbone

Georgia 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?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $2,630 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 6 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$129 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,630$1,202 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $316 to $7,079Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $110 to $339
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $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
$177.83
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$223.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,168.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$251.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$398.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$338.84

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 22nd of 51

$209

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.