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Endoscopic Sinus Surgery, Total Ethmoidectomy

Virginia rates for HCPCS 31257

Sinus surgery carried out through the nostrils with a thin telescope, so there are no cuts on the face. The surgeon opens up the honeycomb of small air cells between the eyes, front and back, taking away the thin walls between them so the sinuses can drain freely. It is done for long-standing sinus infection, polyps or blockage that medicines have not settled.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Endoscopic Sinus Surgery, Total Ethmoidectomy cost?

$6,008

Typical total for the visit. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,008 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,495 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$513$447 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,495$1,549 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $525 to $12,882Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $407 to $813
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,495professional $513

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
$524.81
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$3,801.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$17,378.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$954.99
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$537.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$831.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$912.01
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
$239.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$52.48

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 8.9 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

Virginia· 6th of 51

$6,008

$513 physician + $5,495 facility

CO $11,610MT $1,306

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.