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Sinus Surgery on the Frontal Sinus

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 31276

Surgery inside the nose using a thin telescope, in which the drainage pathway of the frontal sinus, the air space behind the forehead and brow, is opened up and inflamed tissue or polyps blocking it are removed. Everything is done through the nostrils, with no cuts on the face. It is used for long-standing sinus infection or blockage that has not settled with medicines.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Sinus Surgery on the Frontal Sinus cost?

$5,561

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,561 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 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 61 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$550$389 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$1,950 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $676 to $14,791Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,288
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,012professional $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
$537.03
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$19,054.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$19,952.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$14,454.40

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 22.8 times more in Wisconsin than in Maryland. 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

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WI $12,835MD $562

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.