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Drainage Hole Into the Forehead Sinus

New Jersey rates for HCPCS 31070

Drains the sinus behind the forehead by making a small opening through the bone from the outside, near the eyebrow. Trapped pus and fluid escape through the opening, relieving pressure and letting the infection be treated directly.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Drainage Hole Into the Forehead Sinus cost?

$6,691

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,691 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,166 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$525$437 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,166$4,571 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $3,090 to $11,220Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $372 to $4,467
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,166professional $525

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
$3,090.30
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,202.26
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,882.50
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$30,199.52
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$954.99

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 15.1 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

New Jersey· 8th of 50

$6,691

$525 physician + $6,166 facility

IN $14,282WV $948

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.