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Sinus Flushing Through The Cheekbone

Kansas 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?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 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$141 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$407 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $166 to $7,586Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $110 to $302
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,512professional $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
$245.47
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$316.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$275.42

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 24th of 51

$204

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.