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Frontal Sinus Closure Through A Scalp Incision

Montana rates for HCPCS 31081

Surgery on the frontal sinus, the air pocket in the forehead above the eyes, reached through an incision running across the top of the scalp behind the hairline. The lining of the sinus is stripped away and the space is filled or sealed so that it can no longer produce mucus or trap infection. It is used for long-standing infection, injury, or a mucus-filled cyst that has not responded to less involved treatment.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Frontal Sinus Closure Through A Scalp Incision cost?

$1,820

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,820 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,778 from a physician practice, and about $1,862 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$1,778$1,230 to $1,905
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,862$1,778 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $4,898Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $79 to $2,188
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $1,778

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$13,803.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,089.30
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,905.46
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$13,803.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 6.8 times more in Alaska 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.

Montana· 22nd of 51

$1,820

AK $4,786TX $708

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.