Surgery and procedures CPT 31276 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Sinus surgery, frontal cost in New York, NY — inpatient

In New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, 11 hospitals list a cash price for endoscopic sinus surgery: opening the frontal sinus as an inpatient: from $436.04 to $7,740.00, with a median of $3,565.00. The lowest listed price is at St. Barnabas Hospital — $3,128.96 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $7,210.32 at 27 hospitals.

Cash prices at 11 facilities across 7 cities for code 31276, 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$436.04St. Barnabas Hospital
Median$3,565.00half pay less
Highest$7,740.00in this market
Difference17.8×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 $436.04Highest $7,740.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
St. Barnabas Hospital lowest Bronx, NY · (212) 960-9000 PR NASAL/SINUS NDSC W/RMVL TISS FROM FRONTAL SINUS $436.04 $1,614.10 $302.18–$971.28 73% Feb 27, 2026
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Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY · (718) 283-6000 NASAL/SINUS ENDOSCOPY $1,080.00 $1,080.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Basking Ridge, NJ Nasal/Sinus Ndsc W/Rmvl Tiss From Frontal Sinus $3,565.00 $3,565.00 $419.67–$3,208.50 — Dec 1, 2025
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Basking Ridge, NJ Nasal/Sinus Ndsc W/Rmvl Tiss From Frontal Sinus|MULTIPLE PROCEDURES $3,565.00 $3,565.00 $419.67–$3,208.50 — Dec 1, 2025
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases West Harrison, NY Nasal/Sinus Ndsc W/Rmvl Tiss From Frontal Sinus $3,565.00 $3,565.00 $256.34–$3,208.50 — Dec 1, 2025
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases West Harrison, NY Nasal/Sinus Ndsc W/Rmvl Tiss From Frontal Sinus|MULTIPLE PROCEDURES $3,565.00 $3,565.00 $256.34–$3,208.50 — Dec 1, 2025
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases New York, NY Nasal/Sinus Ndsc W/Rmvl Tiss From Frontal Sinus $3,565.00 $3,565.00 $256.34–$3,208.50 — Dec 1, 2025
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases New York, NY Nasal/Sinus Ndsc W/Rmvl Tiss From Frontal Sinus|MULTIPLE PROCEDURES $3,565.00 $3,565.00 $256.34–$3,208.50 — Dec 1, 2025
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Middletown, NJ Nasal/Sinus Ndsc W/Rmvl Tiss From Frontal Sinus $3,565.00 $3,565.00 $419.67–$3,208.50 — Dec 1, 2025
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Middletown, NJ Nasal/Sinus Ndsc W/Rmvl Tiss From Frontal Sinus|MULTIPLE PROCEDURES $3,565.00 $3,565.00 $419.67–$3,208.50 — Dec 1, 2025
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The Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY · (212) 241-7981 HC Nsl/Sins Ndsc Frnt Tiss Rmvl $7,740.00 $8,600.00 — 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Mount Sinai Morningside New York, NY HC Nsl/Sins Ndsc Frnt Tiss Rmvl $7,740.00 $8,600.00 — 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Mount Sinai Queens Long Island, NY HC Nsl/Sins Ndsc Frnt Tiss Rmvl $7,740.00 $8,600.00 — 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center New York, NY HC Nsl/Sins Ndsc Frnt Tiss Rmvl $7,740.00 $8,600.00 — 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Mount Sinai Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY HC Nsl/Sins Ndsc Frnt Tiss Rmvl $7,740.00 $8,600.00 — 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $436.04, median $3,565.00, highest $7,740.00 — a 17.8× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 24 facilities here, median $7,740.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 1 of 5 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

This code covers endoscopic surgery through the nose to open the frontal sinus, above the eyes.

What the price covers

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