Surgery and procedures CPT 31256 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Sinus surgery, maxillary cost in Huntington, WV — inpatient

In Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, 1 hospital lists a cash price for endoscopic sinus surgery: opening the maxillary (cheek) sinus (one side of the body) as an inpatient: from $5,890.82 to $5,890.82, with a median of $5,890.82. Across West Virginia, the median is $3,832.13 at 6 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 31256, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$5,890.82Cabell Huntington Hospital
Median$5,890.82half pay less
Highest$5,890.82in this market
Difference1.0×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 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH.

median
Lowest $5,890.82Highest $11,781.35
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Cabell Huntington Hospital one side lowest Huntington, WV · (304) 526-2000 EXPLORATION MAXILLARY SINUS; UNILATERAL $5,890.82 $5,890.82 $4,418.12–$5,890.82 — —
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Cabell Huntington Hospital both sides Huntington, WV · (304) 526-2000 EXPLORATION MAXILLARY SINUS; BILATERAL $11,781.35 $11,781.35 $8,836.01–$11,781.35 — —
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One side of the body : lowest $5,890.82, median $5,890.82, highest $5,890.82.

Both sides : lowest $11,781.35, median $11,781.35, highest $11,781.35.

The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $5,890.82 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is not below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.