Sinus surgery, maxillary cost in Tennessee
In Tennessee, 12 hospitals publish a cash price for endoscopic sinus surgery: opening the maxillary (cheek) sinus: from $1,814.82 to $13,320.32, with a median of $5,481.33. The lowest price is at Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital (Shelbyville) and 2 other hospitals. The highest price is 7.3× the lowest.
- The median here, $5,481.33, is 23% above the US median of $4,453.50.
- Tennessee ranks 14th of 26 states by median, cheapest first.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 31256. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 11, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$1,814.82Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital + 2 more
Median$5,481.33half of hospitals charge less
Highest$13,320.32in Tennessee
Lowest saves$3,666.51vs the median
Hospitals in Tennessee, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital lowest Shelbyville · Shelbyville, TN HC ENDO NASAL W/MAXIL ANTROSTOMY | $1,814.82 | $6,258.00 | Oct 1, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital lowest Tullahoma · Tullahoma-Manchester, TN HC ENDO NASAL W/MAXIL ANTROSTOMY | $1,814.82 | $6,258.00 | Oct 1, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital lowest Lebanon · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN HC ENDO NASAL W/MAXIL ANTROSTOMY | $1,814.82 | $6,258.00 | Oct 1, 2026 source file |
| Metro Nashville General Hospital Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 31256 Nasal/sinus endoscopy, surgical, with maxillary antrostomy | $2,398.20 | $3,997.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Sumner Regional Medical Center Gallatin · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Nasal/sinus endoscopy, surgical, with maxillary antrostomy | $3,851.95 | $16,531.97 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Saint Thomas Hospital for Specialty Surgery Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN EXPLORATION MAXILLARY SINUS | $4,661.55 | — | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| Physicians Regional Medical Center Powell · Knoxville, TN EXPLORATION MAXILLARY SINUS | $6,301.11 | $27,819.47 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Methodist North Hospital Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR Nasal/Sinus Endoscopy W/Maxillary Antrostomy | $8,847.72 | $40,216.89 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Methodist University Hospital Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR Nasal/Sinus Endoscopy W/Maxillary Antrostomy | $8,847.72 | $40,216.89 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital Germantown · Memphis, TN-MS-AR Nasal/Sinus Endoscopy W/Maxillary Antrostomy | $8,847.72 | $40,216.89 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR Nasal/Sinus Endoscopy W/Maxillary Antrostomy | $9,217.82 | $41,899.16 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Regional One Health Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR 31256 Exploration maxillary sinus | $13,320.32 | $20,715.90 | Mar 25, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 5 | $8,847.72 | $8,847.72 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 4 | $1,814.82 | $3,125.08 |
| Knoxville, TN | 1 | $6,301.11 | $6,301.11 |
| Shelbyville, TN | 1 | $1,814.82 | $1,814.82 |
| Tullahoma-Manchester, TN | 1 | $1,814.82 | $1,814.82 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What sinus surgery, maxillary is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Sinus surgery, maxillary explained.
Endoscopic sinus surgery: opening the maxillary (cheek) sinus in other states
- Alabama$14,847.27
- Arizona$16,976.81, 3 hospitals
- Arkansas$1,634.03
- California$6,658.40
- Colorado$3,363.50, 1 hospital
- Delaware$2,025.74, 2 hospitals
- Florida$10,618.41
- Georgia$6,698.00
- Hawaii$3,309.60, 3 hospitals
- Idaho$7,652.75
- Illinois$3,975.00
- Indiana$8,927.81
- Iowa$1,430.85, 4 hospitals
- Kansas$6,353.68, 3 hospitals
- Kentucky$10,021.13, 3 hospitals
- Louisiana$3,391.70
- Maine$510.62, 1 hospital
- Massachusetts$11,448.00
- Michigan$1,645.60
- Minnesota$1,470.07
- Mississippi$3,166.03
- Missouri$3,315.00
- Montana$659.61, 4 hospitals
- Nebraska$3,824.64, 3 hospitals
- Nevada$3,957.18, 4 hospitals
- New Jersey$5,741.00
- New Mexico$5,451.83, 4 hospitals
- New York$4,362.99
- North Carolina$4,158.25
- North Dakota$3,325.72, 3 hospitals
- Ohio$10,523.14
- Oklahoma$3,950.65, 4 hospitals
- Oregon$5,535.84, 3 hospitals
- Pennsylvania$6,947.45
- Rhode Island$2,626.39, 2 hospitals
- South Carolina$4,377.60, 3 hospitals
- South Dakota$8,818.40
- Texas$3,429.67
- Utah$5,467.50, 3 hospitals
- Vermont$6,001.25, 1 hospital
- Virginia$19,765.04
- Washington$5,128.56
- West Virginia$2,406.75
- Wisconsin$2,388.36
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.