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Unlisted Surgical Procedure On The Sinuses

Texas rates for HCPCS 31299

Covers an operation on the paranasal sinuses — the air-filled spaces in the bones around the nose and eyes — that has no standard named entry of its own. It is used when the surgery performed does not match any established named sinus procedure, and the surgeon provides a written description of what was done.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Unlisted Surgical Procedure On The Sinuses cost?

$1,096

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,096 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,020 from a physician practice, and about $1,023 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 8 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$3,020$692 to $8,128
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,023$347 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $191 to $6,310Professionalmedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $631 to $10,965
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,023professional $3,020

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
$1,000.00
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$12,302.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$724.44
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$12.02
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$50.12
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$12.02
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,290.87
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 416.9 times more in Wisconsin than in Hawaii. 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.

Texas· 36th of 49

$1,096

WI $12,303HI $29.51

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.