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Nasal Endoscopy With View Inside the Cheek Sinus

Minnesota 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?

$457

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $457 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $457 from a physician practice, and about $468 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$457$295 to $676
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$302 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $145 to $1,288Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $200 to $933
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $468professional $457

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
$144.54
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,148.15
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,122.02
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$933.25
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.20

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$457

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.