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Frontal Sinus Drainage Through The Eye Socket

Pennsylvania 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?

$912

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $912 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $851 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$851$813 to $1,175
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$1,549 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $813 to $7,413Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,479
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $851

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
$912.01
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$630.96
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,513.56
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,513.56
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,288.25
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,456.54
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,584.89
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,511.38
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$912.01
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$630.96
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,168.69
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,621.81
11 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
$398.11
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$91.20
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,290.87
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$446.68
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$181.97
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$676.08
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$134.90
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$91.20

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 43rd of 51

$912

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.