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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures on respiratory system

Freezing of lung tumors through the skin, one side

CPT 32994the billing code this page is about

A needle is passed through the chest wall using imaging guidance to freeze and destroy one or more tumors in one lung, including nearby pleura or chest wall involved by the tumor.

Hospitals typically charge $8,268 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 948 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $8,875. Most fall between $4,680 and $14,616 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
948
States
49
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 948 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
$3,033$5,540$8,268$13,177$19,990

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($3,033 vs $19,990).

How the prices are spread

$1,686 – $2,203: 14 hospitals$1,686$2,203 – $2,879: 25 hospitals$2,879 – $3,762: 66 hospitals$2,879$3,762 – $4,916: 48 hospitals$4,916 – $6,424: 106 hospitals$4,916$6,424 – $8,396: 188 hospitals$8,396 – $10,972: 125 hospitals$8,396$10,972 – $14,338: 135 hospitals$14,338 – $18,738: 84 hospitals$14,338$18,738 – $24,487: 65 hospitals$18,738median $8,268price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (856 of 948 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,686$2,20314
$2,203$2,87925
$2,879$3,76266
$3,762$4,91648
$4,916$6,424106
$6,424$8,396188
$8,396$10,972125
$10,972$14,338135
$14,338$18,73884
$18,738$24,48765

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$10,860
Median cash price$8,268
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.76×

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 $8,268.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $9,351 across 12 hospitalsWA$9,351Idaho: median $17,189 across 10 hospitalsID$17,189Montana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $6,528 across 27 hospitalsMN$6,528Illinois: median $10,890 across 37 hospitalsIL$10,890Wisconsin: median $8,268 across 44 hospitalsWI$8,268Michigan: median $9,101 across 43 hospitalsMI$9,101New York: median $12,320 across 31 hospitalsNY$12,320Massachusetts: median $10,975 across 14 hospitalsMA$10,975Oregon: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $9,015 across 18 hospitalsIA$9,015Indiana: median $4,766 across 31 hospitalsIN$4,766Ohio: median $8,802 across 69 hospitalsOH$8,802Pennsylvania: median $14,724 across 38 hospitalsPA$14,724New Jersey: median $6,311 across 34 hospitalsNJ$6,311Connecticut: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $13,177 across 88 hospitalsCA$13,177Utah: median $6,114 across 23 hospitalsUT$6,114Colorado: median $8,146 across 16 hospitalsCO$8,146Nebraska: median $6,907 across 17 hospitalsNE$6,907Missouri: median $6,924 across 18 hospitalsMO$6,924Kentucky: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $8,460 across 16 hospitalsVA$8,460Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: median $7,625 across 23 hospitalsAZ$7,625New Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $5,442 across 10 hospitalsTN$5,442North Carolina: median $6,706 across 23 hospitalsNC$6,706South Carolina: median $17,764 across 21 hospitalsSC$17,764Oklahoma: median $643 across 13 hospitalsOK$643Louisiana: median $4,165 across 14 hospitalsLA$4,165Mississippi: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $3,727 across 48 hospitalsGA$3,727Hawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $7,931 across 71 hospitalsTX$7,931Florida: median $9,121 across 60 hospitalsFL$9,121
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $8,268. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
South Carolina SC21$17,764+115%$6,704 – $17,764
Idaho ID10$17,189+108%$7,785 – $26,271
Pennsylvania PA38$14,724+78%$9,977 – $27,895
California CA88$13,177+59%$6,895 – $14,712
New York NY31$12,320+49%$5,482 – $13,269
Massachusetts MA14$10,975+33%$4,018 – $13,072
Illinois IL37$10,890+32%$3,511 – $12,746
Washington WA12$9,351+13%$7,321 – $12,582
Florida FL60$9,121+10%$5,914 – $16,281
Michigan MI43$9,101+10%$592 – $21,808
Iowa IA18$9,015+9%$4,314 – $13,322
Ohio OH69$8,802+6%$5,980 – $16,397
Virginia VA16$8,460+2%$8,326 – $10,327
Wisconsin WI44$8,2680%$5,562 – $10,224
Colorado CO16$8,146−1%$7,668 – $10,411
Texas TX71$7,931−4%$6,867 – $19,446
Arizona AZ23$7,625−8%$2,708 – $18,300
Missouri MO18$6,924−16%$5,282 – $10,200
Nebraska NE17$6,907−16%$5,182 – $8,638
North Carolina NC23$6,706−19%$3,437 – $6,706
Minnesota MN27$6,528−21%$6,029 – $7,546
New Jersey NJ34$6,311−24%$4,350 – $13,753
Utah UT23$6,114−26%$6,114 – $7,193
Tennessee TN10$5,442−34%$2,010 – $8,472
Indiana IN31$4,766−42%$3,351 – $10,147
Louisiana LA14$4,165−50%$2,963 – $9,150
Georgia GA48$3,727−55%$3,271 – $12,388
Oklahoma OK13$643−92%$643 – $8,692
Alabama AL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY1not 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 $8,268.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care845$8,222$4,627 – $14,616
Children’s23$12,950$9,101 – $19,433
Critical access74$8,268$5,281 – $10,224
Ownership
For-profit68$8,222$3,727 – $18,300
Government117$7,181$4,477 – $12,320
Non-profit757$8,307$4,925 – $14,712
System affiliation
Part of a system859$8,268$4,766 – $14,616
Independent89$8,293$4,435 – $15,617

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$13,905
Median cash price$8,268
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

762 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $8,292 and the average of the middle 60% is $9,109; most fall between $5,182 and $15,617.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 762 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
$3,271$6,029$8,292$13,322$20,681

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($3,271 vs $20,681).

Of the 829 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 762 gave a usable cash price; 36 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 31 a list price only.

How complete is this

948 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 1,024 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted948
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here43
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded30
Hospitals that filed this code1,024

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 OR therapeutic procedures on respiratory system family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Ablation Ther 1+ Pulm Tumors Perq Cryoablation.

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, “Freezing of lung tumors through the skin, one side (CPT 32994) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-32994-freezing-of-lung-tumors-through-the-skin-one-side