CPT 31238 · 1,181 hospitals reporting

Nasal/sinus endoscopy surg

The same procedure costs $141 at one hospital and $38,053 at another — a 269× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,046.

Cheapest published

$141

14 entries below $50 already filtered. Remaining low values usually reflect partial-cost line items (professional fee only), not full bills.

Median across 1,181 hospitals

$2,046

The realistic middle of the cash-price distribution. Use this as your benchmark.

Most expensive

$38,053

Highest published price. Often a gross-charge "list price" rarely actually paid.

Price distribution

425 hospitals · log-scale x-axis

Each bar = number of hospitals charging in that price range. Emerald bar contains the median. Amber dots = entries we flagged as likely partial-cost line items (excluded from the table below).

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Why some prices look unrealistically low or high

Hospitals publish their machine-readable files (MRFs) the way they choose. A single procedure code can appear with very different prices depending on what's being charged:

Global price — facility + implant + anesthesia + surgeon. This is what you'd actually be billed.
Professional fee only — surgeon's portion. Often $500–$2,500 for a major procedure that costs $20K+ globally.
Facility fee only — operating room and recovery, no implant or surgeon.
Per-unit / per-minute charges — e.g. anesthesia time billed at $0.68/min appearing under a CPT code.
Rate multipliers — values like 0.85 meaning "85% of Medicare" rather than dollars.

We filter the most obvious artifacts (under $50, or 25× above the median), but rows in the $500–$2K range for a major procedure are typically professional-only and we can't always tell. Use the median and high-end as the realistic range; treat very low rows as partial-cost line items, not full bills.

500 hospitals reporting

Hospital	State	Gross	Cash price	Min negotiated	Max negotiated	Your insurer
UNITED HOSPITAL CENTER, INC	WV	$4,092	$2,046	—	—	5 insurers
SISTERSVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$4,092	$2,046	—	—	5 insurers
SUMMERSVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$4,092	$2,046	—	—	5 insurers
ALLEGHANY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	NC	$4,101	$2,051	—	—	1 insurers
SAINT MICHAEL'S MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$6,349	$2,064	$21.83	$5,079	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SWEETWATER COUNTY	WY	$1,994	$1,994	—	—	5 insurers
LANDMARK MEDICAL CENTER	RI	$5,188	$1,991	$520	$5,188	5 insurers
FRYE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$4,950	$1,980	—	—	2 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS PORTAGE MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$2,833	$2,125	—	—	1 insurers
SALINE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	AR	$6,548	$1,964	—	—	2 insurers
WETZEL COUNTY HOSPITAL	WV	$4,276	$2,138	—	—	5 insurers
NORTHWEST TEXAS HOSPITAL	TX	$5,364	$2,146	—	—	5 insurers
CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$3,218	$1,931	—	—	5 insurers
ST NICHOLAS HOSPITAL	WI	$3,286	$2,169	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE SHERMAN HOSPITAL	IL	$3,840	$1,920	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE CHRIST HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$3,840	$1,920	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL	IL	$3,840	$1,920	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL	IL	$3,840	$1,920	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL	IL	$3,840	$1,920	—	—	5 insurers
CAMPBELL COUNTY HEALTH	WY	$1,918	$1,918	—	—	0 insurers
MERCY HOSPITAL OF FOLSOM	CA	$5,617	$2,185	$618	$4,606	5 insurers
MERCY HOSPITAL OF FOLSOM	CA	$5,617	$2,185	$170	$10,369	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL	MN	$5,455	$2,187	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW UNIVERSITY OF MN MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$5,455	$2,187	—	—	5 insurers
FAIRVIEW NORTHLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	MN	$5,455	$2,187	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL	MN	$5,455	$2,187	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW WOODWINDS HOSPITAL	MN	$5,455	$2,187	—	—	5 insurers
ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$6,552	$1,898	$156	$6,552	5 insurers
OSWEGO HOSPITAL	NY	$2,513	$1,884	—	—	5 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$2,222	—	—	5 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH NAVICENT THE MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$3,707	$1,854	—	—	2 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$2,315	$1,852	—	—	3 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$2,315	$1,852	—	—	5 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$2,315	$1,852	—	—	5 insurers
FROEDTERT COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	WI	$4,111	$2,261	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH GREELEY HOSPITAL	CO	$3,769	$2,261	—	—	5 insurers
USA HEALTH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	AL	$8,127	$2,262	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	NJ	$8,127	$2,262	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC	TN	$8,127	$2,262	—	—	5 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$6,485	$2,270	$1,506	$4,071	3 insurers