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Sinus Scope with Ethmoid Sinus Surgery, Partial

Washington rates for HCPCS 31254

A thin scope is used to access and remove diseased tissue or bony partitions from the front portion of the ethmoid sinuses, small air-filled spaces between the eyes. It's often done to relieve chronic sinus blockage, infection, or inflammation that hasn't responded to other treatment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Sinus Scope with Ethmoid Sinus Surgery, Partial cost?

$1,672

Typical total for the visit. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,672 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,122 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 11 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$550$324 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,122$617 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $398 to $23,442Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $229 to $1,230
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,122professional $550

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$28,183.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,862.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$380.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,589.25
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$37,153.52
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$19,054.61
Median
$31,622.78
Typical High
$56,234.13
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,258.93
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$6,456.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$48,977.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,454.71
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$218.78
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$912.01
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,096.48
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,882.50
Median
$20,417.38
Typical High
$37,153.52
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$19,054.61
Median
$30,902.95
Typical High
$56,234.13
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$39,810.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,122.02
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$630.96

Where Washington sits

The same service costs 27.8 times more in Wisconsin than in Maine. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Washington· 41st of 51

$1,672

$550 physician + $1,122 facility

WI $11,625ME $418

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.