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Balloon Widening of the Cheek Sinus Opening

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 31295

A slim balloon-tipped instrument is guided by a camera into the drainage opening of the sinus behind the cheek, reached either through the nostril or through a small opening made above the upper teeth. Inflating the balloon widens that opening so the sinus can drain, easing long-standing congestion, facial pressure and repeated infections. No tissue is cut away.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Balloon Widening of the Cheek Sinus Opening cost?

$1,820

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,820 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,175 from a physician practice, and about $2,951 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,175$204 to $2,138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,951$1,622 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $158 to $2,512
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $1,175

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
$204.17
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$8,709.64
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,090.30
2 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
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$1,862.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 10.0 times more in Alaska than in Nebraska. 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.

Arkansas· 22nd of 51

$1,820

AK $3,020NE $302

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.