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Nasal Endoscopy With View Inside the Cheek Sinus

Alaska rates for HCPCS 31233

A thin lighted telescope is passed into the nose to inspect the nasal passages, and a small opening is made so the inside of the sinus within the cheek can be seen directly. This is an examination: the surgeon looks and may take a sample, but does not carry out a larger repair at the same time.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Nasal Endoscopy With View Inside the Cheek Sinus cost?

$646

Typical physician fee. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $309 to $1,096.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $151 to $1,445
$200$500$1K$2Kprofessional $646

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
$151.36
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$446.68
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,737.80
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,479.11
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$646

AK $646FL $209

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.