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Nasal Endoscopy With View Inside the Cheek Sinus

Louisiana 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?

$240

Typical physician fee. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $195 to $363.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $141 to $437
$200$500$1K$2Kprofessional $240

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
$141.25
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$436.52

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 43rd of 51

$240

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.