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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures on respiratory system

Surgical removal of a cyst between the lungs

CPT 39200the billing code this page is about

Operation to remove a fluid-filled sac from the mediastinum, the space in the middle of the chest between the lungs.

Hospitals typically charge $1,962 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 206 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,178. Most fall between $1,277 and $3,522 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
206
States
42
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 206 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
$937$1,347$1,962$3,522$5,110

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($937 vs $5,110).

How the prices are spread

$578 – $734: 7 hospitals$578$734 – $933: 5 hospitals$933 – $1,184: 13 hospitals$933$1,184 – $1,504: 39 hospitals$1,504 – $1,910: 26 hospitals$1,504$1,910 – $2,426: 29 hospitals$2,426 – $3,081: 15 hospitals$2,426$3,081 – $3,913: 27 hospitals$3,913 – $4,969: 16 hospitals$3,913$4,969 – $6,311: 11 hospitals$4,969median $1,962price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (188 of 206 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$578$7347
$734$9335
$933$1,18413
$1,184$1,50439
$1,504$1,91026
$1,910$2,42629
$2,426$3,08115
$3,081$3,91327
$3,913$4,96916
$4,969$6,31111

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,962.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 1 hospital 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: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureILWisconsin: median $3,522 across 20 hospitalsWI$3,522Michigan: median $1,899 across 16 hospitalsMI$1,899New York: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNYMassachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $1,574 across 10 hospitalsOR$1,574Nevada: 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: median $2,125 across 15 hospitalsIA$2,125Indiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $3,216 across 11 hospitalsOH$3,216Pennsylvania: median $629 across 15 hospitalsPA$629New Jersey: median $5,110 across 14 hospitalsNJ$5,110Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: 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: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 3 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: 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: 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 $1,418 across 11 hospitalsOK$1,418Louisiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 2 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: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,962. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ14$5,110+160%$3,986 – $6,311
Wisconsin WI20$3,522+80%$3,379 – $3,522
Ohio OH11$3,216+64%$1,869 – $3,923
Iowa IA15$2,125+8%$2,125 – $2,125
Michigan MI16$1,899−3%$1,254 – $4,154
Oregon OR10$1,574−20%$1,574 – $1,899
Oklahoma OK11$1,418−28%$1,418 – $1,418
Pennsylvania PA15$629−68%$532 – $2,499
Illinois IL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New York NY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
California CA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN1not 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
Washington WA1not 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 $1,962.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care158$1,962$1,258 – $3,786
Children’s6fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access41$2,120$1,347 – $3,522
Ownership
For-profit18fewer than 20 hospitals
Government19fewer than 20 hospitals
Non-profit168$2,070$1,254 – $3,522
System affiliation
Part of a system172$2,070$1,277 – $3,722
Independent34$1,687$1,243 – $2,875

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,656
Median cash price$1,962
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

138 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,899 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,149; most fall between $1,347 and $3,522.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 138 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
$1,006$1,418$1,899$2,856$3,722

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 3.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,006 vs $3,722).

Of the 148 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 138 gave a usable cash price; 9 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 1 a list price only.

How complete is this

206 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (5%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 224 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted206
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here16
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 — excluded1
Hospitals that filed this code224

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 Resection of Mediastinal Cyst.

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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Surgical removal of a cyst between the lungs (CPT 39200) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-39200-surgical-removal-of-a-cyst-between-the-lungs