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Endoscopic Repair of Spinal Fluid Leak

Georgia 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?

$3,030

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,030 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,585 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,585$1,349 to $1,950
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$661 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $513 to $10,233Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $2,570
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,445professional $1,585

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
$1,258.93
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,398.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$14,791.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,019.95
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,235.94
6 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
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 38th of 51

$3,030

$1,585 physician + $1,445 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.