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Endoscopic Repair of Spinal Fluid Leak

Kentucky 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?

$2,940

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,940 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,202 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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$1,202$1,072 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$759 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $468 to $13,183Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $955 to $1,862
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,738professional $1,202

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
$794.33
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,380.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$19,054.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,659.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,511.89
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,344.23
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$6,918.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,041.74
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
$549.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$933.25

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 40th of 51

$2,940

$1,202 physician + $1,738 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.