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Keyhole chest surgery to remove a growth in the mid-chest

CPT 32662the billing code this page is about

Minimally invasive chest surgery through small incisions with a camera to cut out a cyst, tumor, or other mass from the space between the lungs.

Hospitals typically charge $2,081 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 251 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,225. Most fall between $1,050 and $4,007 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
251
States
41
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 251 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
$656$1,291$2,081$4,007$6,081

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($656 vs $6,081).

How the prices are spread

$447 – $617: 12 hospitals$447$617 – $851: 6 hospitals$851 – $1,174: 28 hospitals$851$1,174 – $1,620: 52 hospitals$1,620 – $2,235: 35 hospitals$1,620$2,235 – $3,083: 21 hospitals$3,083 – $4,253: 46 hospitals$3,083$4,253 – $5,867: 13 hospitals$5,867 – $8,093: 4 hospitals$5,867$8,093 – $11,164: 10 hospitals$8,093median $2,081price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (227 of 251 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$447$61712
$617$8516
$851$1,17428
$1,174$1,62052
$1,620$2,23535
$2,235$3,08321
$3,083$4,25346
$4,253$5,86713
$5,867$8,0934
$8,093$11,16410

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,081.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 2 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 $1,548 across 14 hospitalsIL$1,548Wisconsin: median $4,112 across 25 hospitalsWI$4,112Michigan: median $1,050 across 30 hospitalsMI$1,050New York: median $2,290 across 17 hospitalsNY$2,290Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $2,172 across 16 hospitalsIA$2,172Indiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,232 across 13 hospitalsOH$2,232Pennsylvania: median $646 across 15 hospitalsPA$646New Jersey: median $4,350 across 20 hospitalsNJ$4,350Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCAUtah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 3 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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,456 across 10 hospitalsOK$1,456Louisiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,081. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ20$4,350+109%$2,210 – $5,741
Wisconsin WI25$4,112+98%$4,007 – $8,154
New York NY17$2,290+10%$1,062 – $8,577
Ohio OH13$2,232+7%$1,349 – $3,897
Iowa IA16$2,172+4%$2,172 – $2,172
Illinois IL14$1,548−26%$1,438 – $50,142
Oklahoma OK10$1,456−30%$1,456 – $1,456
Michigan MI30$1,050−50%$1,050 – $3,346
Pennsylvania PA15$646−69%$547 – $2,435
California CA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN1not 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 $2,081.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care206$1,857$1,050 – $4,007
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access35$4,007$1,438 – $4,112
Ownership
For-profit16fewer than 20 hospitals
Government25$2,186$972 – $3,346
Non-profit209$2,144$1,050 – $4,020
System affiliation
Part of a system204$2,172$1,050 – $4,112
Independent47$1,747$968 – $3,187

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,830
Median cash price$2,081
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

165 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,849 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,946; most fall between $1,056 and $3,346.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 165 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
$772$1,349$1,849$2,843$4,007

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($772 vs $4,007).

Of the 187 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 165 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

251 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 294 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted251
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here25
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded16
Hospitals that filed this code294

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • 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 OR therapeutic procedures on respiratory system family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Thoracoscopy Surg Exc Mediast Mass.

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, “Keyhole chest surgery to remove a growth in the mid-chest (CPT 32662) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-32662-keyhole-chest-surgery-to-remove-a-growth-in-the-mid-chest