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Frontal Sinus Drainage Through The Eye Socket

Utah 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?

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $513 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$513$85.11 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,248$3,467 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $891 to $13,804Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $60 to $933
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,248professional $513

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
$891.25
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$676.08
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$17,782.79
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,412.54
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,659.59
7 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
$436.52
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$13,803.84
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$26,302.68

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 50th of 51

$525

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.