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Procedure price report · Other diagnostic procedures on lung and bronchus

Chest scope with biopsy of a lung nodule or mass, one side

CPT 32608the billing code this page is about

A camera is inserted through a small chest incision and a sample is taken from a nodule or mass in the lung on one side of the chest.

Hospitals typically charge $1,926 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 406 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,347. Most fall between $681 and $12,320 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
406
States
44
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 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 406 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
$513$729$1,926$10,867$14,308

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 28× what the cheapest tenth charges ($513 vs $14,308).

How the prices are spread

$356 – $536: 31 hospitals$356$536 – $807: 69 hospitals$807 – $1,215: 42 hospitals$807$1,215 – $1,828: 41 hospitals$1,828 – $2,751: 6 hospitals$1,828$2,751 – $4,139: 16 hospitals$4,139 – $6,229: 42 hospitals$4,139$6,229 – $9,373: 14 hospitals$9,373 – $14,105: 66 hospitals$9,373$14,105 – $21,226: 41 hospitals$14,105median $1,926price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (368 of 406 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$356$53631
$536$80769
$807$1,21542
$1,215$1,82841
$1,828$2,7516
$2,751$4,13916
$4,139$6,22942
$6,229$9,37314
$9,373$14,10566
$14,105$21,22641

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$10,860
Median cash price$1,926
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.18×

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 $1,926.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 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: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $924 across 20 hospitalsIL$924Wisconsin: median $1,724 across 25 hospitalsWI$1,724Michigan: median $729 across 28 hospitalsMI$729New York: median $11,480 across 35 hospitalsNY$11,480Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $684 across 11 hospitalsOR$684Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $924 across 16 hospitalsIA$924Indiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,778 across 14 hospitalsOH$1,778Pennsylvania: median $6,841 across 22 hospitalsPA$6,841New Jersey: median $11,524 across 31 hospitalsNJ$11,524Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $13,604 across 43 hospitalsCA$13,604Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $615 across 12 hospitalsOK$615Louisiana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $5,509 across 34 hospitalsTX$5,509Florida: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,926. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA43$13,604+606%$9,448 – $14,297
New Jersey NJ31$11,524+498%$5,110 – $13,753
New York NY35$11,480+496%$772 – $12,320
Pennsylvania PA22$6,841+255%$241 – $16,167
Texas TX34$5,509+186%$4,953 – $6,120
Ohio OH14$1,778−8%$883 – $11,407
Wisconsin WI25$1,724−10%$1,684 – $1,883
Iowa IA16$924−52%$924 – $951
Illinois IL20$924−52%$513 – $16,482
Michigan MI28$729−62%$729 – $10,539
Oregon OR11$684−64%$681 – $684
Oklahoma OK12$615−68%$615 – $615
Florida FL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV1not 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 $1,926.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care344$3,979$681 – $12,320
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access53$1,684$655 – $3,137
Ownership
For-profit33$3,601$513 – $10,625
Government48$1,969$707 – $12,320
Non-profit324$1,778$681 – $12,320
System affiliation
Part of a system339$3,786$681 – $12,320
Independent67$1,093$652 – $10,172

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,762
Median cash price$1,926
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

264 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,395 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,064; most fall between $606 and $9,448.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 264 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
$429$655$1,395$6,350$14,297

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 33× what the cheapest tenth charges ($429 vs $14,297).

Of the 286 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 264 gave a usable cash price; 14 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 8 a list price only.

How complete is this

406 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (10%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 452 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted406
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here39
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 — excluded6
Hospitals that filed this code452

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 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other diagnostic procedures on lung and bronchus family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Thoracoscopy W/Dx Bx of Lung Nodules Unilatrl.

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, “Chest scope with biopsy of a lung nodule or mass, one side (CPT 32608) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-32608-chest-scope-with-biopsy-of-a-lung-nodule-or-mass-one-side