Sinus surgery, frontal cost in Indiana
In Indiana, 7 hospitals publish a cash price for endoscopic sinus surgery: opening the frontal sinus: from $1,647.14 to $23,470.29, with a median of $11,493.86. The lowest price is at Witham Memorial Hospital (Lebanon). The highest price is 14.2× the lowest.
- The median here, $11,493.86, is 59% above the US median of $7,212.66.
- Indiana ranks 18th of 25 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 31276. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 2, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$1,647.14Witham Memorial Hospital
Median$11,493.86half of hospitals charge less
Highest$23,470.29in Indiana
Lowest saves$9,846.72vs the median
Hospitals in Indiana, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Witham Memorial Hospital lowest Lebanon · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Exploration of nasal sinus using an endoscope | $1,647.14 | $2,353.05 | Oct 26, 2026 source file |
| Franciscan Health Dyer Dyer · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Nasal/Sinus Ndsc W/Rmvl Tiss From Frontal Sinus | $9,927.11 | $36,767.07 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Franciscan Health Michigan City Michigan City · Michigan City-La Porte, IN Nasal/Sinus Ndsc W/Rmvl Tiss From Frontal Sinus | $10,170.63 | $48,897.28 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Franciscan Health Indianapolis Indianapolis · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Nasal/Sinus Ndsc W/Rmvl Tiss From Frontal Sinus | $11,493.86 | $49,756.95 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Goshen Health Surgery Center one side Goshen · Elkhart-Goshen, IN Nsl/sins ndsc frnt tiss rmv lt | $14,131.60 | $20,188.00 | Aug 13, 2026 source file |
| Franciscan Health Lafayette Lafayette · Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Nasal/Sinus Ndsc W/Rmvl Tiss From Frontal Sinus | $17,286.66 | $78,220.18 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne · Fort Wayne, IN SINUS ENDOSCOPY, SURGICAL | $23,470.29 | $78,234.31 | Apr 1, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 2 | $1,647.14 | $6,570.50 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 1 | $9,927.11 | $9,927.11 |
| Elkhart-Goshen, IN | 1 | $14,131.60 | $14,131.60 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 1 | $23,470.29 | $23,470.29 |
| Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN | 1 | $17,286.66 | $17,286.66 |
| Michigan City-La Porte, IN | 1 | $10,170.63 | $10,170.63 |
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, frontal is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Sinus surgery, frontal explained.
Endoscopic sinus surgery: opening the frontal sinus in other states
- Alabama$9,776.16
- Arizona$16,328.46
- Arkansas$2,703.58
- California$9,032.00
- Colorado$6,873.75, 2 hospitals
- Florida$12,410.67
- Georgia$6,698.00
- Hawaii$3,309.60, 3 hospitals
- Idaho$13,030.85
- Illinois$7,525.00
- Iowa$1,453.00, 3 hospitals
- Kansas$16,867.19, 3 hospitals
- Kentucky$6,317.66, 1 hospital
- Louisiana$6,068.28
- Maine$1,311.64, 1 hospital
- Massachusetts$25,639.14
- Michigan$775.20
- Minnesota$6,485.20, 4 hospitals
- Mississippi$4,452.47
- Missouri$8,292.05
- Montana$1,442.82, 4 hospitals
- Nebraska$3,824.64, 3 hospitals
- Nevada$5,948.18, 2 hospitals
- New Jersey$6,311.00
- New Mexico$5,526.36, 3 hospitals
- New York$8,191.77
- North Carolina$4,857.00
- North Dakota$4,564.63, 2 hospitals
- Ohio$22,791.28
- Oklahoma$7,516.10, 4 hospitals
- Oregon$6,856.80, 3 hospitals
- Pennsylvania$12,532.10
- Puerto Rico$500.00, 1 hospital
- Rhode Island$7,896.00, 1 hospital
- South Carolina$13,379.63, 4 hospitals
- South Dakota$6,573.22, 2 hospitals
- Tennessee$9,582.68
- Texas$5,107.38
- Utah$7,765.23, 2 hospitals
- Vermont$7,281.15, 1 hospital
- Virginia$16,362.33
- Washington$3,318.61
- West Virginia$4,377.50
- Wisconsin$4,424.84
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.