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Sinus Flushing Through The Cheekbone

Louisiana 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?

$269

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $1,122 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$182$148 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,122$417 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $209 to $3,467Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $110 to $302
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,122professional $182

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
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$281.84
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$295.12

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 10th of 51

$269

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.