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Frontal Sinus Drainage Through The Eye Socket

Iowa 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?

$1,820

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,820 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,778 from a physician practice, and about $4,571 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$1,778$1,202 to $2,089
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$2,042 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $12,882Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $912 to $2,512
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,571professional $1,778

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
$1,230.27
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,398.83
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$14,454.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$6,165.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,290.87
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,888.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 8th of 51

$1,820

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.