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Frontal Sinus Drainage Through The Eye Socket

Colorado 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 October 2026.

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

$1,698

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,698 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,259 from a physician practice, and about $8,511 from a hospital or other facility.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,259$1,000 to $1,660
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,511$3,981 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $15,488Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $891 to $1,950
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $1,259

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$6,025.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,584.89
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,905.46
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,621.81
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$5,011.87
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,819.70
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 7.4 times more in Oklahoma than in Texas. 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.

Colorado· 10th of 51

$1,698

OK $3,890TX $525

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.