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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 July 2026.

How much does Nasal Endoscopy With View Inside the Cheek Sinus cost?

$447

Typical physician fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $288 to $661.

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

Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $200 to $933
$200$500$1Kprofessional $447

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
$125.89
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,148.15
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$912.01

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 2nd of 51

$447

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.