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Nasal Endoscopy With View Inside the Cheek Sinus

Pennsylvania 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?

$229

Typical physician fee. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $138 to $288.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $126 to $407
$200$500$1Kprofessional $229

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
$223.87
Typical High
$389.05
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$467.74
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$436.52
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$467.74
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$446.68
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,047.13
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$234.42
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$407.38

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 45th of 51

$229

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.