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Keyhole chest surgery to remove the thymus gland

CPT 32673the billing code this page is about

Minimally invasive chest surgery through small incisions with a camera to remove all or part of the thymus gland, on one or both sides.

Hospitals typically charge $2,965 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 239 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,216. Most fall between $1,712 and $5,494 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
239
States
38
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 239 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
$804$1,763$2,965$5,029$6,839

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($804 vs $6,839).

How the prices are spread

$506 – $695: 6 hospitals$506$695 – $954: 9 hospitals$954 – $1,310: 7 hospitals$954$1,310 – $1,800: 29 hospitals$1,800 – $2,472: 41 hospitals$1,800$2,472 – $3,395: 32 hospitals$3,395 – $4,663: 26 hospitals$3,395$4,663 – $6,404: 39 hospitals$6,404 – $8,795: 19 hospitals$6,404$8,795 – $12,080: 9 hospitals$8,795median $2,965price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (217 of 239 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$506$6956
$695$9549
$954$1,3107
$1,310$1,80029
$1,800$2,47241
$2,472$3,39532
$3,395$4,66326
$4,663$6,40439
$6,404$8,79519
$8,795$12,0809

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,965.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 1 hospital 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: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMTNorth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNDMinnesota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureILWisconsin: median $6,666 across 18 hospitalsWI$6,666Michigan: median $2,296 across 28 hospitalsMI$2,296New York: median $2,437 across 17 hospitalsNY$2,437Massachusetts: 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 $2,965 across 14 hospitalsIA$2,965Indiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: median $775 across 15 hospitalsPA$775New Jersey: median $4,024 across 20 hospitalsNJ$4,024Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $5,029 across 25 hospitalsCA$5,029Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 4 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: 3 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSCOklahoma: median $1,976 across 10 hospitalsOK$1,976Louisiana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 1 hospital 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: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,965. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Wisconsin WI18$6,666+125%$6,666 – $11,336
California CA25$5,029+70%$3,409 – $5,029
New Jersey NJ20$4,024+36%$2,700 – $5,419
Iowa IA14$2,9650%$2,965 – $2,965
New York NY17$2,437−18%$1,161 – $6,945
Michigan MI28$2,296−23%$1,738 – $3,981
Oklahoma OK10$1,976−33%$1,976 – $1,976
Pennsylvania PA15$775−74%$468 – $4,374
Illinois IL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR5not 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
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not 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 $2,965.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care201$2,817$1,738 – $5,029
Children’s5fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access32$6,666$1,763 – $11,336
Ownership
For-profit17fewer than 20 hospitals
Government19fewer than 20 hospitals
Non-profit202$2,965$1,738 – $5,494
System affiliation
Part of a system204$2,965$1,738 – $5,494
Independent35$2,817$1,228 – $4,621

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,225
Median cash price$2,965
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

178 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,676 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,119; most fall between $1,581 and $5,029.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 178 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
$864$1,763$2,676$5,029$6,666

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($864 vs $6,666).

Of the 199 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 178 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 7 a list price only.

How complete is this

239 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 279 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted239
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 — excluded13
Hospitals that filed this code279

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 therapeutic endocrine procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Thoracoscopy Resexn Thymus Uni/Bilateral.

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 the thymus gland (CPT 32673) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-32673-keyhole-chest-surgery-to-remove-the-thymus-gland