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Nasal Endoscopy With View Inside the Cheek Sinus

Virginia 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?

$269

Typical physician fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $158 to $339.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $145 to $575
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kprofessional $269

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
$144.54
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$2,454.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$436.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$660.69
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$467.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$851.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$660.69
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$446.68

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 25th of 51

$269

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.