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Endoscopic Repair of Spinal Fluid Leak

Alaska rates for HCPCS 31290

Seals a leak of cerebrospinal fluid, the clear fluid that cushions the brain, where it escapes through a small defect at the base of the skull and drains into the nose. Working through the nostrils with a thin lighted telescope, the surgeon closes the defect with tissue or a graft, avoiding an open incision on the head or face.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Endoscopic Repair of Spinal Fluid Leak cost?

$9,941

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,941 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,571 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$4,571$3,090 to $4,571
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$3,890 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $251,189Professionalmedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $6,310
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $5,370professional $4,571

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,801.89
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$7,762.47
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$7,762.47
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$6,025.60
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,079.46

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 18.2 times more in Maine 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

Alaska· 5th of 51

$9,941

$4,571 physician + $5,370 facility

ME $33,172MD $1,821

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.