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Frontal Sinus Drainage Through The Eye Socket

New Jersey 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?

$977

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $977 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $776 from a physician practice, and about $5,248 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$776$646 to $1,122
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,248$3,311 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $10,965Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,738
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,248professional $776

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
$4,466.84
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,905.46
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,778.28
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
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$630.96

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 40th of 51

$977

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.