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Nasal Endoscopy With View Inside the Cheek Sinus

Maryland 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?

$224

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $138 to $339.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $229 · 10th to 90th $85 to $617Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $126 to $447
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $229professional $219

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$338.84
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$501.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$537.03
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$446.68
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
$102.33
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$33.88

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 50th of 51

$224

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.