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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures on nose, mouth and pharynx

Extensive cheek sinus surgery with polyp removal

CPT 31032the billing code this page is about

Radical opening of the maxillary (cheek) sinus through the mouth and nose, including removal of polyps extending toward the back of the nose.

Hospitals typically charge $3,069 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 317 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,887. Most fall between $991 and $8,540 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
317
States
43
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 317 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$751$1,096$3,069$7,246$14,319

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 19× what the cheapest tenth charges ($751 vs $14,319).

How the prices are spread

$523 – $734: 15 hospitals$523$734 – $1,031: 38 hospitals$1,031 – $1,446: 50 hospitals$1,031$1,446 – $2,030: 17 hospitals$2,030 – $2,849: 7 hospitals$2,030$2,849 – $3,999: 25 hospitals$3,999 – $5,613: 30 hospitals$3,999$5,613 – $7,878: 52 hospitals$7,878 – $11,057: 24 hospitals$7,878$11,057 – $15,519: 32 hospitals$11,057median $3,069price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (290 of 317 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$523$73415
$734$1,03138
$1,031$1,44650
$1,446$2,03017
$2,030$2,8497
$2,849$3,99925
$3,999$5,61330
$5,613$7,87852
$7,878$11,05724
$11,057$15,51932

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$6,048
Median cash price$3,069
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.51×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $3,069.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,155 across 15 hospitalsIL$1,155Wisconsin: median $2,994 across 23 hospitalsWI$2,994Michigan: median $2,994 across 15 hospitalsMI$2,994New York: median $7,000 across 28 hospitalsNY$7,000Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,430 across 16 hospitalsIA$1,430Indiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,414 across 10 hospitalsOH$1,414Pennsylvania: median $447 across 18 hospitalsPA$447New Jersey: median $6,311 across 22 hospitalsNJ$6,311Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $14,319 across 25 hospitalsCA$14,319Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $971 across 13 hospitalsOK$971Louisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,181 across 23 hospitalsTX$5,181Florida: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,069. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA25$14,319+367%$1,391 – $14,319
New York NY28$7,000+128%$1,385 – $7,000
New Jersey NJ22$6,311+106%$4,881 – $6,553
Texas TX23$5,181+69%$5,181 – $9,391
Michigan MI15$2,994−2%$926 – $8,140
Wisconsin WI23$2,994−2%$2,994 – $9,652
Iowa IA16$1,430−53%$1,430 – $1,591
Ohio OH10$1,414−54%$909 – $2,632
Illinois IL15$1,155−62%$798 – $2,389
Oklahoma OK13$971−68%$971 – $12,039
Pennsylvania PA18$447−85%$364 – $10,001
Florida FL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $3,069.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care257$4,627$979 – $8,540
Children’s10fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access49$2,584$1,021 – $9,391
Ownership
For-profit34$5,181$1,155 – $9,505
Government46$1,640$979 – $7,000
Non-profit236$3,140$1,011 – $9,652
System affiliation
Part of a system261$3,986$1,091 – $8,913
Independent56$1,484$939 – $7,264

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,676
Median cash price$3,069
Cash as a share of list, median hospital61%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 39%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

194 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,507 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,708; most fall between $971 and $7,811.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 194 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$735$979$1,507$5,355$14,319

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 19× what the cheapest tenth charges ($735 vs $14,319).

Of the 207 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 194 gave a usable cash price; 11 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 2 a list price only.

How complete is this

317 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (8%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 356 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted317
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here34
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded3
Hospitals that filed this code356

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR therapeutic procedures on nose, mouth and pharynx family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Sinusot Max Antrt Rad W/Rmvl Antroch Polyps.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Extensive cheek sinus surgery with polyp removal (CPT 31032) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-31032-extensive-cheek-sinus-surgery-with-polyp-removal