Surgery and procedures CPT 31295 Minnesota Outpatient

Balloon sinuplasty, maxillary cost in Minnesota

In Minnesota, 5 hospitals publish a cash price for balloon dilation of the maxillary sinus opening, one side: from $547.81 to $4,076.37, with a median of $2,600.15. The lowest price is at Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital (Duluth). The highest price is 7.4× the lowest.

  • The median here, $2,600.15, is 54% below the US median of $5,695.20.
  • Minnesota ranks 3rd of 23 states by median, cheapest first.
  • Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.

Minnesota law (Minn. Stat. §144.589): a hospital may not charge an uninsured patient whose household income is under $125,000 more than the lowest amount it would be paid for the same service by a private insurer, counting the insured patient's share. If the cash price below is higher, ask the billing office to apply this limit. Each hospital's page here shows the range of insurer rates in its own file (the "Insurers pay" column), a starting point when you ask. Other states' laws.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 31295. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 23, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$547.81Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital
Median$2,600.15half of hospitals charge less
Highest$4,076.37in Minnesota
Lowest saves$2,052.34vs the median

Hospitals in Minnesota, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital lowest Duluth · Duluth, MN-WI Fac Nasal/Sinus Ndsc Surg W/Dilation Maxillary Sinus $547.81 $1,007.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Lake View Hospital Two Harbors · Two Harbors, MN Fac Nasal/Sinus Ndsc Surg W/Dilation Maxillary Sinus $828.76 $1,007.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital Grand Rapids · Grand Rapids, MN HC NASAL/SINUS ENDOSCOPY,W/DILAT MAXILLARY SINUS OSTIUM $2,600.15 $6,118.00 Jan 28, 2026
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Range Regional Health Services Hibbing · Duluth, MN-WI HC NASAL/SINUS ENDOSCOPY,W/DILAT MAXILLARY SINUS OSTIUM $2,600.15 $6,118.00 Jan 29, 2026
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Fairview Maple Grove Surgery Center Maple Grove · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI HC NASAL/SINUS ENDOSCOPY,W/DILAT MAXILLARY SINUS OSTIUM $4,076.37 $10,165.50 May 18, 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
Duluth, MN-WI 2 $547.81 $1,573.98
Grand Rapids, MN 1 $2,600.15 $2,600.15
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 1 $4,076.37 $4,076.37
Two Harbors, MN 1 $828.76 $828.76
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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Balloon dilation of the maxillary sinus opening, one side in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.