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Nasal Endoscopy With View Inside the Cheek Sinus

Arkansas 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?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $380 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$229$170 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$380$204 to $513

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $105 to $759Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $126 to $363
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $380professional $229

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
$173.78
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$467.74
5 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
$87.10
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$32.36

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 40th of 51

$257

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.