Surgery and procedures CPT 30520 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Septoplasty cost in New York, NY — inpatient

In New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, 7 hospitals list a cash price for septoplasty to straighten the nasal septum as an inpatient: from $795.98 to $5,240.00, with a median of $5,240.00. The lowest listed price is at St. Barnabas Hospital — $4,444.02 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $3,837.72 at 31 hospitals.

Cash prices at 7 facilities across 7 cities for code 30520, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$795.98St. Barnabas Hospital
Median$5,240.00half pay less
Highest$5,240.00in this market
Difference6.6×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ.

median
Lowest $795.98Highest $5,240.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
St. Barnabas Hospital lowest Bronx, NY · (212) 960-9000 PR SEPTOPLASTY/SUBMUCOUS RESECJ W/WO CARTILAGE GRF $795.98 $2,941.30 $544.12–$1,748.95 73% Feb 27, 2026
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Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY · (718) 283-6000 REPAIR OF NASAL SEPTUM $1,945.00 $1,945.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Hmh Hospitals Neptune City, NJ SEPTOPLASTY/SUBMUCOUS RESECJ W/WO CARTILAGE GRF $3,589.62 $5,580.00 $926.28–$5,580.00 36% Dec 31, 2025
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Basking Ridge, NJ Septoplasty/Submucous Resecj W/WO Cartilage Grf|MULTIPLE PROCEDURES $5,240.00 $5,240.00 $755.51–$4,716.00 — Dec 1, 2025
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases West Harrison, NY Septoplasty/Submucous Resecj W/WO Cartilage Grf $5,240.00 $5,240.00 $278.77–$4,716.00 — Dec 1, 2025
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases New York, NY Septoplasty/Submucous Resecj W/WO Cartilage Grf $5,240.00 $5,240.00 $278.77–$4,716.00 — Dec 1, 2025
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Middletown, NJ Septoplasty/Submucous Resecj W/WO Cartilage Grf $5,240.00 $5,240.00 $755.51–$4,716.00 — Dec 1, 2025
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Middletown, NJ Septoplasty/Submucous Resecj W/WO Cartilage Grf|MULTIPLE PROCEDURES $5,240.00 $5,240.00 $755.51–$4,716.00 — Dec 1, 2025
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases West Harrison, NY Septoplasty/Submucous Resecj W/WO Cartilage Grf|MULTIPLE PROCEDURES $5,240.00 $5,240.00 $278.77–$4,716.00 — Dec 1, 2025
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases New York, NY Septoplasty/Submucous Resecj W/WO Cartilage Grf|MULTIPLE PROCEDURES $5,240.00 $5,240.00 $278.77–$4,716.00 — Dec 1, 2025
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Basking Ridge, NJ Septoplasty/Submucous Resecj W/WO Cartilage Grf $5,240.00 $5,240.00 $755.51–$4,716.00 — Dec 1, 2025
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Inpatient: lowest $795.98, median $5,240.00, highest $5,240.00 — a 6.6× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 34 facilities here, median $3,819.23 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 of 6 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

Septoplasty straightens a bent (deviated) wall between the nostrils, reshaping or removing cartilage and bone. It is done to improve breathing through the nose, not to change how the nose looks.

What the price covers

The facility price covers the operating room and recovery. The surgeon, anesthesia and procedures often done at the same time, such as turbinate reduction, are billed separately.