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Nasal Endoscopy With View Inside the Cheek Sinus

Oregon 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?

$427

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $501 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$372$245 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$389 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,202Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $195 to $741
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $501professional $372

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
$3,890.45
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$776.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$660.69
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$8,709.64
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$537.03
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$549.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$891.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$741.31
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,698.24
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$776.25
11 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
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$41.69
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$208.93
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$83.18
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$316.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$63.10
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$41.69
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,511.89

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 4th of 51

$427

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.