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Nasal Endoscopy With View Inside the Cheek Sinus

North Carolina 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?

$275

Typical physician fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $162 to $389.

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 $275 · 10th to 90th $132 to $661
$200$500$1Kprofessional $275

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
$131.83
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$549.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$478.63
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 21st of 51

$275

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.