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Procedure price report · Diagnostic procedures on nose, mouth and pharynx

Scope exam of the nose and upper throat

CPT 92511the billing code this page is about

Examination of the passage behind the nose and the upper throat using a flexible or rigid endoscope passed through the nose.

Hospitals typically charge $241 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,786 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $260. Most fall between $134 and $457 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,786
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 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 1,786 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
$80$149$241$410$623

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($80 vs $623).

How the prices are spread

$58 – $75: 68 hospitals$58$75 – $98: 78 hospitals$98 – $128: 93 hospitals$98$128 – $167: 193 hospitals$167 – $217: 254 hospitals$167$217 – $284: 272 hospitals$284 – $370: 232 hospitals$284$370 – $483: 184 hospitals$483 – $629: 150 hospitals$483$629 – $821: 85 hospitals$629median $241price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,609 of 1,786 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$58$7568
$75$9878
$98$12893
$128$167193
$167$217254
$217$284272
$284$370232
$370$483184
$483$629150
$629$82185

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$204
Median cash price$241
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.18×

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 $241.

Alaska: median $416 across 11 hospitalsAK$416Maine: median $129 across 19 hospitalsME$129Vermont: median $167 across 10 hospitalsVT$167New Hampshire: median $105 across 17 hospitalsNH$105Washington: median $287 across 56 hospitalsWA$287Idaho: median $543 across 13 hospitalsID$543Montana: median $152 across 11 hospitalsMT$152North Dakota: median $200 across 11 hospitalsND$200Minnesota: median $151 across 50 hospitalsMN$151Illinois: median $265 across 62 hospitalsIL$265Wisconsin: median $232 across 85 hospitalsWI$232Michigan: median $209 across 66 hospitalsMI$209New York: median $257 across 65 hospitalsNY$257Massachusetts: median $431 across 34 hospitalsMA$431Oregon: median $193 across 41 hospitalsOR$193Nevada: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $298 across 12 hospitalsSD$298Iowa: median $162 across 42 hospitalsIA$162Indiana: median $254 across 47 hospitalsIN$254Ohio: median $311 across 71 hospitalsOH$311Pennsylvania: median $236 across 74 hospitalsPA$236New Jersey: median $229 across 32 hospitalsNJ$229Connecticut: median $304 across 16 hospitalsCT$304Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $424 across 131 hospitalsCA$424Utah: median $675 across 28 hospitalsUT$675Colorado: median $341 across 39 hospitalsCO$341Nebraska: median $216 across 37 hospitalsNE$216Missouri: median $236 across 55 hospitalsMO$236Kentucky: median $227 across 31 hospitalsKY$227West Virginia: median $195 across 25 hospitalsWV$195Virginia: median $249 across 43 hospitalsVA$249Maryland: median $529 across 11 hospitalsMD$529Delaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $545 across 19 hospitalsAZ$545New Mexico: median $216 across 12 hospitalsNM$216Kansas: median $165 across 21 hospitalsKS$165Arkansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $84 across 34 hospitalsTN$84North Carolina: median $198 across 42 hospitalsNC$198South Carolina: median $179 across 44 hospitalsSC$179Oklahoma: median $90 across 24 hospitalsOK$90Louisiana: median $181 across 29 hospitalsLA$181Mississippi: median $134 across 25 hospitalsMS$134Alabama: median $243 across 14 hospitalsAL$243Georgia: median $264 across 58 hospitalsGA$264Hawaii: median $200 across 12 hospitalsHI$200Texas: median $212 across 100 hospitalsTX$212Florida: median $278 across 70 hospitalsFL$278
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $241. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Utah UT28$675+180%$426 – $844
Arizona AZ19$545+126%$149 – $1,555
Idaho ID13$543+125%$110 – $675
Maryland MD11$529+120%$357 – $693
Massachusetts MA34$431+79%$249 – $611
California CA131$424+76%$255 – $550
Alaska AK11$416+73%$331 – $739
Colorado CO39$341+41%$180 – $584
Ohio OH71$311+29%$204 – $505
Connecticut CT16$304+26%$180 – $446
South Dakota SD12$298+24%$148 – $415
Washington WA56$287+19%$193 – $366
Florida FL70$278+16%$140 – $410
Illinois IL62$265+10%$118 – $525
Georgia GA58$264+10%$181 – $516
New York NY65$257+7%$160 – $630
Indiana IN47$254+6%$127 – $589
Virginia VA43$249+3%$149 – $281
Alabama AL14$243+1%$152 – $311
Missouri MO55$236−2%$134 – $304
Pennsylvania PA74$236−2%$92 – $538
Wisconsin WI85$232−4%$140 – $495
New Jersey NJ32$229−5%$161 – $661
Kentucky KY31$227−6%$116 – $503
Nebraska NE37$216−10%$96 – $292
New Mexico NM12$216−10%$172 – $440
Texas TX100$212−12%$119 – $352
Michigan MI66$209−13%$49 – $307
Hawaii HI12$200−17%$135 – $710
North Dakota ND11$200−17%$83 – $361
North Carolina NC42$198−18%$170 – $346
West Virginia WV25$195−19%$39 – $230
Oregon OR41$193−20%$146 – $317
Louisiana LA29$181−25%$75 – $243
South Carolina SC44$179−26%$157 – $349
Vermont VT10$167−31%$113 – $555
Kansas KS21$165−31%$132 – $301
Iowa IA42$162−33%$107 – $254
Montana MT11$152−37%$87 – $231
Minnesota MN50$151−37%$104 – $236
Mississippi MS25$134−44%$55 – $252
Maine ME19$129−47%$60 – $223
New Hampshire NH17$105−57%$44 – $281
Oklahoma OK24$90−63%$72 – $293
Tennessee TN34$84−65%$80 – $230
Arkansas AR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not 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 $241.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,385$248$143 – $482
Children’s56$329$206 – $497
Critical access341$200$90 – $349
Ownership
For-profit155$286$160 – $760
Government289$219$109 – $392
Non-profit1,338$242$135 – $443
System affiliation
Part of a system1,501$241$139 – $482
Independent285$241$112 – $416

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$437
Median cash price$241
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

1,347 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $252 and the average of the middle 60% is $278; most fall between $141 and $493.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,347 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
$89$157$252$431$620

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($89 vs $620).

Of the 1,422 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,347 gave a usable cash price; 21 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 54 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,786 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (45%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,878 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,786
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here31
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded60
Hospitals that filed this code1,878

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 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Diagnostic procedures on nose, mouth and pharynx family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Nasopharyngoscopy.

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, “Scope exam of the nose and upper throat (CPT 92511) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-92511-scope-exam-of-the-nose-and-upper-throat