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Frontal Sinus Drainage Through The Eye Socket

Connecticut 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?

$1,380

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,259 from a physician practice, and about $6,310 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,259$1,047 to $1,479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,310$3,715 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $977 to $14,125Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $794 to $1,905
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,310professional $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
$4,570.88
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$16,595.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,778.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,630.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,122.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$281.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,949.84
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,023.29
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,187.76
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
$426.58
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 19th of 51

$1,380

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.