Surgery and procedures CPT 31256 Outpatient

Sinus surgery, maxillary cost in Dallas, TX

In Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, 4 hospitals list a cash price for endoscopic sinus surgery: opening the maxillary (cheek) sinus: from $939.00 to $24,555.22, with a median of $2,060.70. The lowest listed price is at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas — $1,121.70 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $2,991.14 at 20 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 cities for code 31256, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 10, 2026 and Apr 14, 2026.

Lowest$939.00The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Median$2,060.70half pay less
Highest$24,555.22in this market
Difference26.2×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 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.

median
Lowest $939.00Highest $24,555.22

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas lowest Dallas, TX · (214) 633-5555 NASAL/SINUS ENDOSCOPY W/MAXILLARY ANTROSTOMY $939.00 $1,252.00 $143.54–$1,126.80 25% Mar 10, 2026
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Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Uptown Dallas, TX · (214) 443-3000 NASAL/SINUS ENDOSCOPY W/MAXILLARY ANTROSTOMY 31256 $1,071.00 $1,785.00 $981.75–$10,356.00 40% Apr 14, 2026
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Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Sunnyvale Sunnyvale, TX · (972) 892-3000 NASAL/SINUS ENDOSCOPY W/MAXILLARY ANTROSTOMY 31256 $3,050.40 $5,084.00 $3,327.00–$8,726.00 40% Apr 1, 2026
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Texas Health Hospital Mansfield Mansfield, TX · (682) 341-5000 HC NASAL/SINUS ENDOSCOPY,OPEN MAXILL SINUS $24,555.22 $24,555.22 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $939.00, median $2,060.70, highest $24,555.22 — a 26.2× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $2,060.70. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At 3 of 3 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is 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

This code covers endoscopic surgery through the nose to widen the natural opening of the maxillary sinus behind the cheek.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers the operating room, recovery and supplies. The surgeon and anesthesia usually bill separately.