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Balloon Widening of the Cheek Sinus Opening

Louisiana 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?

$1,862

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,862 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,349 from a physician practice, and about $3,890 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,349$219 to $2,512
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,890$1,122 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $302 to $10,233Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $166 to $2,884
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $1,349

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
$575.44
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,019.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$11,481.54
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$2,570.40
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,548.13
1 more rate 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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 19th of 51

$1,862

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.