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Endoscopic Decompression Of The Optic Nerve

Alabama rates for HCPCS 31294

A thin telescope is passed through the nostril and the sinuses to reach the bony canal that carries the optic nerve from the eye to the brain. Bone around the nerve is carefully removed to take pressure off it, without any incision on the face.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Endoscopic Decompression Of The Optic Nerve cost?

$2,042

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,042 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,042 from a physician practice, and about $2,754 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,042$1,349 to $2,042
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,754$1,259 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $871 to $4,898Professionalmedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $2,754
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $2,042

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
$794.33
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.5 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.

Alabama· 18th of 51

$2,042

CA $6,761DE $1,230

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.