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Clot-dissolving medicine into chest drain, later day

CPT 32562the billing code this page is about

A clot-dissolving medicine is instilled through an existing chest tube or catheter around the lung; billed once for each day after the first day of treatment.

Hospitals typically charge $840 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 953 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $887. Most fall between $370 and $1,531 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
953
States
48
Filings dated
Jun 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 953 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
$155$482$840$1,369$2,163

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($155 vs $2,163).

How the prices are spread

$128 – $174: 63 hospitals$128$174 – $238: 25 hospitals$238 – $325: 35 hospitals$238$325 – $444: 47 hospitals$444 – $606: 81 hospitals$444$606 – $828: 173 hospitals$828 – $1,131: 168 hospitals$828$1,131 – $1,545: 126 hospitals$1,545 – $2,110: 90 hospitals$1,545$2,110 – $2,882: 51 hospitals$2,110median $840price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (859 of 953 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$128$17463
$174$23825
$238$32535
$325$44447
$444$60681
$606$828173
$828$1,131168
$1,131$1,545126
$1,545$2,11090
$2,110$2,88251

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$641
Median cash price$840
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.31×

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 $840.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,071 across 30 hospitalsWA$1,071Idaho: median $1,340 across 10 hospitalsID$1,340Montana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $887 across 46 hospitalsIL$887Wisconsin: median $712 across 38 hospitalsWI$712Michigan: median $482 across 31 hospitalsMI$482New York: median $732 across 39 hospitalsNY$732Massachusetts: median $1,887 across 14 hospitalsMA$1,887Oregon: median $1,052 across 28 hospitalsOR$1,052Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $797 across 19 hospitalsIA$797Indiana: median $532 across 25 hospitalsIN$532Ohio: median $1,025 across 76 hospitalsOH$1,025Pennsylvania: median $741 across 43 hospitalsPA$741New Jersey: median $2,772 across 38 hospitalsNJ$2,772Connecticut: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,236 across 89 hospitalsCA$1,236Utah: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $868 across 24 hospitalsCO$868Nebraska: median $600 across 10 hospitalsNE$600Missouri: median $732 across 23 hospitalsMO$732Kentucky: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $884 across 19 hospitalsVA$884Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: median $1,189 across 16 hospitalsAZ$1,189New Mexico: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $231 across 11 hospitalsTN$231North Carolina: median $826 across 28 hospitalsNC$826South Carolina: median $1,005 across 15 hospitalsSC$1,005Oklahoma: median $139 across 16 hospitalsOK$139Louisiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $733 across 43 hospitalsGA$733Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $898 across 57 hospitalsTX$898Florida: median $1,530 across 47 hospitalsFL$1,530
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $840. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ38$2,772+230%$684 – $4,881
Massachusetts MA14$1,887+124%$776 – $2,437
Florida FL47$1,530+82%$460 – $1,841
Idaho ID10$1,340+59%$1,052 – $1,672
California CA89$1,236+47%$482 – $2,604
Arizona AZ16$1,189+41%$604 – $2,079
Washington WA30$1,071+27%$474 – $1,342
Oregon OR28$1,052+25%$159 – $1,889
Ohio OH76$1,025+22%$679 – $1,849
South Carolina SC15$1,005+20%$1,005 – $1,059
Texas TX57$898+7%$353 – $1,018
Illinois IL46$887+6%$169 – $1,601
Virginia VA19$884+5%$472 – $1,029
Colorado CO24$868+3%$744 – $2,065
North Carolina NC28$826−2%$440 – $1,197
Iowa IA19$797−5%$167 – $1,313
Pennsylvania PA43$741−12%$594 – $1,331
Georgia GA43$733−13%$652 – $1,484
New York NY39$732−13%$130 – $1,338
Missouri MO23$732−13%$553 – $1,298
Wisconsin WI38$712−15%$313 – $1,336
Nebraska NE10$600−29%$137 – $600
Indiana IN25$532−37%$373 – $756
Michigan MI31$482−43%$139 – $863
Tennessee TN11$231−73%$82 – $530
Oklahoma OK16$139−83%$139 – $891
Connecticut CT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not 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 $840.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care838$840$411 – $1,530
Children’s23$1,025$776 – $1,948
Critical access86$712$159 – $1,531
Ownership
For-profit76$803$353 – $1,484
Government106$732$228 – $1,186
Non-profit765$861$411 – $1,591
System affiliation
Part of a system842$855$440 – $1,570
Independent111$679$157 – $1,283

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,546
Median cash price$840
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

771 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $855 and the average of the middle 60% is $889; most fall between $373 and $1,570.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 771 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
$171$472$855$1,400$2,079

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($171 vs $2,079).

Of the 803 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 771 gave a usable cash price; 22 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

953 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (24%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,015 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted953
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here46
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded15
Hospitals that filed this code1,015

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 4, 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 non-OR therapeutic procedures on respiratory system family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Instlj Ch Tube/Cath Agent Fbrnlysis Sbsq Day.

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, “Clot-dissolving medicine into chest drain, later day (CPT 32562) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-32562-clot-dissolving-medicine-into-chest-drain-later-day