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Procedure price report · Control of epistaxis

Nasal endoscopy to tie off artery for nosebleed

CPT 31241the billing code this page is about

Endoscopic procedure through the nose in which the sphenopalatine artery is tied off or clipped to stop nasal bleeding.

Hospitals typically charge $2,031 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 314 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,025. Most fall between $734 and $4,881 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
314
States
42
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 314 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
$526$796$2,031$4,064$7,756

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($526 vs $7,756).

How the prices are spread

$392 – $558: 22 hospitals$392$558 – $793: 41 hospitals$793 – $1,128: 42 hospitals$793$1,128 – $1,604: 20 hospitals$1,604 – $2,282: 53 hospitals$1,604$2,282 – $3,244: 30 hospitals$3,244 – $4,614: 22 hospitals$3,244$4,614 – $6,561: 21 hospitals$6,561 – $9,330: 28 hospitals$6,561$9,330 – $13,267: 5 hospitals$9,330median $2,031price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (284 of 314 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$392$55822
$558$79341
$793$1,12842
$1,128$1,60420
$1,604$2,28253
$2,282$3,24430
$3,244$4,61422
$4,614$6,56121
$6,561$9,33028
$9,330$13,2675

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,818
Median cash price$2,031
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.12×

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 $2,031.

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: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 3 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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $783 across 12 hospitalsIL$783Wisconsin: median $2,068 across 26 hospitalsWI$2,068Michigan: median $762 across 28 hospitalsMI$762New York: median $2,041 across 31 hospitalsNY$2,041Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $1,110 across 14 hospitalsIA$1,110Indiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,288 across 13 hospitalsOH$2,288Pennsylvania: median $322 across 16 hospitalsPA$322New Jersey: median $4,627 across 30 hospitalsNJ$4,627Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $7,756 across 31 hospitalsCA$7,756Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 2 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: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 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 $734 across 13 hospitalsOK$734Louisiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,031. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA31$7,756+282%$1,514 – $7,756
New Jersey NJ30$4,627+128%$1,909 – $6,839
Ohio OH13$2,288+13%$1,791 – $17,663
Wisconsin WI26$2,068+2%$2,068 – $4,441
New York NY31$2,0410%$917 – $2,222
Iowa IA14$1,110−45%$1,110 – $1,110
Illinois IL12$783−61%$598 – $1,110
Michigan MI28$762−62%$526 – $2,447
Oklahoma OK13$734−64%$734 – $3,516
Pennsylvania PA16$322−84%$273 – $2,915
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not 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 $2,031.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care267$2,031$734 – $6,348
Children’s4fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access42$2,068$762 – $4,317
Ownership
For-profit29$2,145$598 – $6,348
Government37$1,187$789 – $2,181
Non-profit247$2,041$734 – $5,110
System affiliation
Part of a system260$2,068$734 – $5,855
Independent54$1,187$722 – $3,033

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,815
Median cash price$2,031
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

182 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,351 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,598; most fall between $734 and $3,564.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 182 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
$598$743$1,351$2,915$7,756

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($598 vs $7,756).

Of the 192 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 182 gave a usable cash price; 8 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

314 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 347 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted314
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here26
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded4
Hospitals that filed this code347

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 Control of epistaxis family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Nasal/Sinus Ndsc W/Lig Sphenopalatine Artery.

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, “Nasal endoscopy to tie off artery for nosebleed (CPT 31241) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-31241-nasal-endoscopy-to-tie-off-artery-for-nosebleed