Filing Down a Dorsal Hump During Sinus Surgery - Cost?

Sinus surgery and rhinoplasty can be performed at the same time, but they  are 2 completely separate operations.  The sinus surgery is billed to the patients medical insurance once medical necessity has been documented, while the patient must pay for the cosmetic rhinoplasty.  For more information about both procedures, diagrams and our  rhinoplasty photo gallery, please see the link below.

Sinus surgery combined with a cosmetic nose procedure is very common in my practice. However, my colleague who specializes in sinus surgery performs the sinus portion first and then I perform the cosmetic part. This allows me to solely focus on the aesthetics of the nose. At the surgical center where we operate, it makes sense financially to perform a functional procedure (the sinus) in conjunction with an aesthetic procedure (the rhinoplasty) as the surgical center fees are slightly less than if you were to perform the procedures separately since insurance does not cover cosmetic procedures but does cover functional procedures. This of course will depend on your insurance and deductibles, etc. 

As for the cost of just reducing the hump, this will depend on where you are and what else may need to be performed aside from just straightening the dorsum (top) part of your nose.

Best,

Dr. H

The cost of the cosmetic portion varies according to what's being done, and insurance may cover the functional (sinus) portion depending on the rules of your contract and deductibles, copays, etc.