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Nasal Endoscopy With View Inside the Cheek Sinus

Georgia 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?

$295

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $295 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $275 from a physician practice, and about $575 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$275$186 to $380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$575$257 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $126 to $3,388Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $148 to $457
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $575professional $275

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
$302.00
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$331.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,630.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$436.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$645.65
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$660.69
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
$72.44
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$32.36

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 20th of 51

$295

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.