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Complete Ethmoid Sinus Surgery Through Nose

Montana rates for HCPCS 31201

Clears the honeycomb of small air cells that sit between the eyes, working entirely through the nostrils with no cut on the face. All of those cells are opened rather than only the front group, so the whole area drains freely. It is done for long-standing sinus disease or polyps that have not settled with medicines.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Complete Ethmoid Sinus Surgery Through Nose cost?

$2,608

Typical total for the visit. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,608 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,259 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,259$891 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$1,259 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $1,549Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $741 to $4,365
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,349professional $1,259

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,548.82
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,548.82
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,348.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 7.2 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Montana· 45th of 50

$2,608

$1,259 physician + $1,349 facility

CA $11,166WV $1,553

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.