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Frontal Sinus Surgery Through A Bone Flap

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 31087

An operation on the frontal sinus, the air space in the forehead above the eyes, reached by lifting a section of the forehead bone as a hinged flap. The surgeon clears disease from inside the sinus, then lays the bone back and secures it, leaving the sinus open so it can drain naturally afterwards. It is used for long-standing infection, a mucus-filled sac, or a growth.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Frontal Sinus Surgery Through A Bone Flap cost?

$1,905

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,905 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,549 from a physician practice, and about $3,162 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 5 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$1,549$1,202 to $1,862
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,162$1,820 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $933 to $8,913Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $955 to $1,905
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $1,549

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
$933.25
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$12,302.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,737.80
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 5.5 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.

Louisiana· 17th of 51

$1,905

CA $6,026DE $1,096

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.