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Eye Socket Decompression Through the Nose

Maryland rates for HCPCS 31293

Uses a slim telescope passed through the nostril to remove bone from the inner and lower walls of the eye socket, giving a bulging eye room to settle back and easing pressure on the optic nerve. It is done most often for thyroid eye disease. Because everything is reached through the nose, there is no cut on the face.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Eye Socket Decompression Through the Nose cost?

$1,202

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,202 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,047 to $1,288.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $14,454Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $977 to $2,754
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $1,175

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,754.40
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,511.89
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,238.72
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Maryland· 48th of 51

$1,202

CA $5,754DE $1,072

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.