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Surgery and procedures CPT 31276 Washington Outpatient

Sinus surgery, frontal cost in Washington

In Washington, 6 hospitals publish a cash price for endoscopic sinus surgery: opening the frontal sinus: from $705.50 to $91,083.85, with a median of $3,318.61. The lowest price is at Kittitas County Public Hospital Dist 1 (Ellensburg). The highest price is 129.1× the lowest.

  • The median here, $3,318.61, is 54% below the US median of $7,212.66.
  • Washington ranks 3rd of 25 states by median, cheapest first.
  • Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.

Washington law (RCW 70.170.060) requires hospital charity care: patients with family income up to 300% of the federal poverty level owe nothing at hospitals in large health systems (200% at other hospitals), with 75% and 50% discounts up to 400% (300% at other hospitals). It covers the part of the bill a patient owes, insured or not. Ask the hospital for its charity care application. Other states' laws.

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 6, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$705.50Kittitas County Public Hospital Dist 1
Median$3,318.61half of hospitals charge less
Highest$91,083.85in Washington
Lowest saves$2,613.11vs the median

Hospitals in Washington, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Kittitas County Public Hospital Dist 1 lowest Ellensburg · Ellensburg, WA Exploration of nasal sinus using an endoscope $705.50 $830.00 Oct 7, 2026
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Astria Toppenish Hospital Toppenish · Yakima, WA 31276 Nasal/sinus endoscopy, surgical with frontal $1,135.55 $1,747.00 Apr 1, 2026
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PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center one side Vancouver · Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA EXPLORATION OF NASAL SINUS USING AN ENDOSCOPE $2,924.42 $4,499.10 Mar 20, 2026
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Valley Medical Center Renton · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Nasal/Sinus Ndsc W/Rmvl Tiss From Frontal Sinus $3,712.80 $5,304.00 Mar 12, 2026
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Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA NASAL/SINUS ENDOSCOP,SURG W/FRONTAL SINUS EXPLOR - TECH $6,547.89 $12,839.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Nasal/Sinus Ndsc W/Frontal Sinus Exploration $91,083.85 — Mar 31, 2026
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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 areaHospitalsLowestMedian
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 3 $3,712.80 $6,547.89
Ellensburg, WA 1 $705.50 $705.50
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 1 $2,924.42 $2,924.42
Yakima, WA 1 $1,135.55 $1,135.55
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

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.