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Frontal Sinus Drainage Through The Eye Socket

Massachusetts 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?

$1,549

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,549 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,318 from a physician practice, and about $2,042 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,318$977 to $2,512
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,042$1,047 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $759 to $7,079Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $741 to $5,623
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,042professional $1,318

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
$1,949.84
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,238.72
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$9,549.93
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,511.89
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,348.96
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$10,232.93
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,884.03
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$9,549.93
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,548.13
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,905.46
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$691.83
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
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 13th of 51

$1,549

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.