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Nasal Endoscopy With View Inside the Cheek Sinus

Delaware 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?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $269 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$240$141 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$269$115 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $87 to $1,698Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $129 to $380
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $269professional $240

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$380.19
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
$64.57
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$26.92

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 48th of 51

$240

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.