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Frontal Sinus Drainage Through The Eye Socket

South Carolina 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?

$851

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $851 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $759 from a physician practice, and about $3,467 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$759$158 to $1,000
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,467$1,585 to $11,220

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $977 to $17,783Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $98 to $1,230
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $759

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
$1,000.00
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$17,378.01
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,174.90
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
12 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
$407.38
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,238.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$741.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$295.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$208.93
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$208.93
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$208.93

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 44th of 51

$851

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.