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Nasal Endoscopy With View Inside the Cheek Sinus

Iowa 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?

$355

Typical physician fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $229 to $646.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $138 to $871
$200$500$1K$2Kprofessional $355

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
$138.04
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$794.33
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$602.56
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,862.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$758.58
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$660.69
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$645.65

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 6th of 51

$355

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.