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Nasal Endoscopy With View Inside the Cheek Sinus

Massachusetts 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?

$347

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $347 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $302 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$355$214 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$302$162 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $132 to $2,399Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $148 to $2,042
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $302professional $355

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
$691.83
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$398.11
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$707.95
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$501.19
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,818.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$776.25
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$831.76
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$323.59
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$234.42
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
$52.48
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$39.81

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 12th of 51

$347

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.