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Nasal Endoscopy With View Inside the Cheek Sinus

Alabama 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 October 2026.

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

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $1,096 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$263$209 to $316
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,096$457 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,122Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $145 to $437
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,096professional $263

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$380.19
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$43.65
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Wisconsin than in Kentucky. 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.

Alabama· 26th of 51

$282

WI $646KY $204

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.