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Balloon Widening of the Cheek Sinus Opening

Massachusetts 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?

$1,738

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,738 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,820 from a physician practice, and about $1,549 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,820$275 to $3,467
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,549$200 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $148 to $5,888Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $170 to $5,623
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,549professional $1,820

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
$1,778.28
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,238.72
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$11,748.98
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$4,570.88
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,019.95
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,786.30
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,187.76
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$2,137.96
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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 28th of 51

$1,738

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.