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Frontal Sinus Drainage Through The Eye Socket

California rates for HCPCS 31075

Surgery on the frontal sinus, the air space in the forehead above the eye, reached through a small incision beside the bridge of the nose at the inner corner of the eye socket. A little bone is removed to open a clear drainage channel from the sinus down into the nose. It is used for a blocked, infected or mucus-filled sinus on one side.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Frontal Sinus Drainage Through The Eye Socket cost?

$6,761

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,761 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,023 from a physician practice, and about $9,772 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 12 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$1,023$794 to $2,089
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9,772$6,457 to $13,183

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,772 · 10th to 90th $3,631 to $17,783Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $631 to $4,677
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $9,772professional $1,023

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
$3,630.78
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$6,456.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$17,782.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,511.89
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$13,182.57
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,398.83
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,819.70
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,982.44
Median
$33,884.42
Typical High
$33,884.42
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$6,918.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,737.80
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,187.76
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
The Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where California sits

The same service costs 8.3 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

California· 1st of 51

$6,761

CA $6,761DE $813

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.