Surgery and procedures CPT 31276 West Virginia Outpatient

Sinus surgery, frontal cost in West Virginia

In West Virginia, 5 hospitals publish a cash price for endoscopic sinus surgery: opening the frontal sinus: from $1,002.92 to $8,521.50, with a median of $4,377.50. The lowest price is at Wheeling Hospital (Wheeling). The highest price is 8.5× the lowest.

  • The median here, $4,377.50, is 39% below the US median of $7,212.66.
  • West Virginia ranks 4th 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 8, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$1,002.92Wheeling Hospital
Median$4,377.50half of hospitals charge less
Highest$8,521.50in West Virginia
Lowest saves$3,374.58vs the median

Hospitals in West Virginia, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Wheeling Hospital one side lowest Wheeling · Wheeling, WV-OH EXPLORATION OF NASAL SINUS USING AN ENDOSCOPE $1,002.92 $2,005.83 Jul 9, 2026
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Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg · Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV EXPLORATION OF NASAL SINUS USING AN ENDOSCOPE $1,022.00 $2,044.00 Jul 9, 2026
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Thomas Memorial Hospital one side South Charleston · Charleston, WV EXPLORATION OF NASAL SINUS USING AN ENDOSCOPE $4,377.50 $8,755.00 Jul 10, 2026
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West Virginia University Hospitals one side Morgantown · Morgantown, WV EXPLORATION OF NASAL SINUS USING AN ENDOSCOPE $7,193.00 $14,386.00 Jul 10, 2026
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Boone Memorial Hospital Madison · Charleston, WV NASAL/SINUS NDSC W/RMVL TISS FRONT SINUS $8,521.50 $17,043.00 Apr 7, 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
Charleston, WV 2 $4,377.50 $6,449.50
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 1 $1,022.00 $1,022.00
Morgantown, WV 1 $7,193.00 $7,193.00
Wheeling, WV-OH 1 $1,002.92 $1,002.92
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

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Endoscopic sinus surgery: opening the frontal sinus in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.