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Nasal Endoscopy With View Inside the Cheek Sinus

Nebraska 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?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 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$234$178 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$251 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $129 to $4,467Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $120 to $603
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $468professional $234

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
$251.19
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$645.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,041.74
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$676.08
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$954.99
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$660.69
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
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$25.12

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 47th of 51

$245

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.