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Frontal Sinus Drainage Through The Eye Socket

Virginia 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 July 2026.

How much does Frontal Sinus Drainage Through The Eye Socket cost?

$1,072

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,072 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,023 from a physician practice, and about $4,677 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,023$871 to $1,288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,677$1,148 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $871 to $10,965Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $794 to $3,981
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,677professional $1,023

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,513.56
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$12,022.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,819.70
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,737.80
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$22,387.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 8.3 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Virginia· 40th of 51

$1,072

CA $6,761DE $813

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.