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Procedure price report · Other OR procedures on vessels other than head and neck

Surgical removal of lung artery clot, no bypass machine

CPT 33915the billing code this page is about

Open chest operation to take a blood clot out of the pulmonary artery without using the heart-lung bypass machine.

Hospitals typically charge $3,010 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 150 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,488. Most fall between $1,969 and $5,855 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
150
States
35
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 150 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
$1,302$2,211$3,010$5,339$10,879

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,302 vs $10,879).

How the prices are spread

$986 – $1,298: 7 hospitals$986$1,298 – $1,709: 10 hospitals$1,709 – $2,250: 25 hospitals$1,709$2,250 – $2,961: 24 hospitals$2,961 – $3,898: 10 hospitals$2,961$3,898 – $5,131: 28 hospitals$5,131 – $6,754: 18 hospitals$5,131$6,754 – $8,891: 3 hospitals$8,891 – $11,703: 7 hospitals$8,891$11,703 – $15,404: 9 hospitals$11,703median $3,010price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (141 of 150 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$986$1,2987
$1,298$1,70910
$1,709$2,25025
$2,250$2,96124
$2,961$3,89810
$3,898$5,13128
$5,131$6,75418
$6,754$8,8913
$8,891$11,7037
$11,703$15,4049

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $3,010.

Alaska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNDMinnesota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureILWisconsin: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMINew York: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNYMassachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceORNevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIAIndiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: median $6,435 across 17 hospitalsPA$6,435New Jersey: median $5,110 across 14 hospitalsNJ$5,110Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCAUtah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWVVirginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVAMaryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNMKansas: 1 hospital 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: median $2,890 across 10 hospitalsNC$2,890South Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $2,227 across 10 hospitalsOK$2,227Louisiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceALGeorgia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: median $15,404 across 10 hospitalsFL$15,404
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,010. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL10$15,404+412%$3,996 – $15,404
Pennsylvania PA17$6,435+114%$873 – $9,968
New Jersey NJ14$5,110+70%$4,350 – $6,311
North Carolina NC10$2,890−4%$2,890 – $2,890
Oklahoma OK10$2,227−26%$2,227 – $2,227
Illinois IL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Michigan MI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New York NY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
California CA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Iowa IA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI1not 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 $3,010.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care134$3,010$2,080 – $6,435
Children’s6fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access10fewer than 20 hospitals
Ownership
For-profit10fewer than 20 hospitals
Government20$2,890$2,321 – $2,971
Non-profit120$3,986$2,070 – $6,435
System affiliation
Part of a system121$3,301$2,070 – $6,435
Independent29$2,668$1,498 – $5,056

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,756
Median cash price$3,010
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

115 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,890 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,247; most fall between $1,937 and $5,660.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 115 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
$1,498$2,211$2,890$5,126$10,879

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,498 vs $10,879).

Of the 137 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 115 gave a usable cash price; 19 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 3 a list price only.

How complete is this

150 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (4%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 185 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted150
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here30
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 — excluded4
Hospitals that filed this code185

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 5, 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 procedures on vessels other than head and neck family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Remove Pul Art Emboli No Bypass.

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, “Surgical removal of lung artery clot, no bypass machine (CPT 33915) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-33915-surgical-removal-of-lung-artery-clot-no-bypass-machine