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Needle electric-pulse tumor ablation through the skin

CPT 0600Tthe billing code this page is about

Destruction of one or more tumors using irreversible electroporation with needles placed through the skin, including imaging guidance, in an organ other than the liver or prostate.

Hospitals typically charge $10,916 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 218 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $10,010. Most fall between $6,018 and $14,191 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
218
States
34
Filings dated
Dec 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 218 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$4,777$6,793$10,916$13,290$19,288

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 4.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($4,777 vs $19,288).

How the prices are spread

$3,709 – $4,501: 9 hospitals$3,709$4,501 – $5,462: 11 hospitals$5,462 – $6,629: 19 hospitals$5,462$6,629 – $8,045: 33 hospitals$8,045 – $9,763: 10 hospitals$8,045$9,763 – $11,848: 43 hospitals$11,848 – $14,378: 44 hospitals$11,848$14,378 – $17,448: 6 hospitals$17,448 – $21,174: 16 hospitals$17,448$21,174 – $25,697: 7 hospitals$21,174median $10,916price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (198 of 218 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$3,709$4,5019
$4,501$5,46211
$5,462$6,62919
$6,629$8,04533
$8,045$9,76310
$9,763$11,84843
$11,848$14,37844
$14,378$17,4486
$17,448$21,17416
$21,174$25,6977

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$10,860
Median cash price$10,916
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.01×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $10,916.

Alaska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWAIdaho: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceIDMontana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMTNorth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNDMinnesota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureILWisconsin: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $6,018 across 15 hospitalsMI$6,018New York: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNYMassachusetts: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIAIndiana: median $5,189 across 14 hospitalsIN$5,189Ohio: median $11,934 across 14 hospitalsOH$11,934Pennsylvania: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figurePANew Jersey: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNJConnecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $6,793 across 28 hospitalsCA$6,793Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWVVirginia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceKSArkansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $12,949 across 19 hospitalsNC$12,949South Carolina: median $14,191 across 12 hospitalsSC$14,191Oklahoma: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOKLouisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceALGeorgia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $10,916 across 36 hospitalsTX$10,916Florida: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $10,916. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
South Carolina SC12$14,191+30%$14,191 – $18,250
North Carolina NC19$12,949+19%$6,874 – $12,949
Ohio OH14$11,934+9%$9,945 – $11,934
Texas TX36$10,9160%$10,916 – $10,916
California CA28$6,793−38%$6,793 – $9,961
Michigan MI15$6,018−45%$6,018 – $6,018
Indiana IN14$5,189−52%$4,542 – $6,974
Florida FL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Jersey NJ7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New York NY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Pennsylvania PA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Illinois IL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Iowa IA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oklahoma OK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $10,916.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care194$10,916$6,266 – $14,191
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access14fewer than 20 hospitals
Ownership
For-profit21$10,916$5,962 – $11,934
Government24$12,949$6,304 – $12,949
Non-profit171$10,916$6,018 – $14,191
System affiliation
Part of a system198$10,916$6,018 – $13,893
Independent20$11,760$4,960 – $19,906

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$18,193
Median cash price$10,916
Cash as a share of list, median hospital56%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 44%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

160 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $10,916 and the average of the middle 60% is $10,381; most fall between $6,793 and $14,191.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 160 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$6,127$6,874$10,916$13,359$19,288

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 3.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($6,127 vs $19,288).

Of the 175 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 160 gave a usable cash price; 5 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 10 a list price only.

How complete is this

218 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (6%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 231 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted218
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here5
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded8
Hospitals that filed this code231

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 5, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other therapeutic procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Ire Ablation 1+Tumors per Organ W/Img Gdn Perq.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Needle electric-pulse tumor ablation through the skin (CPT 0600T) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-0600t-needle-electric-pulse-tumor-ablation-through-the-skin