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Vest therapy using mechanical chest wall vibration

CPT 94669the billing code this page is about

One session of machine-driven chest wall oscillation, often with an inflatable vest, used to loosen mucus in the lungs.

Hospitals typically charge $217 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,055 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $233. Most fall between $110 and $439 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,055
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 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 2,055 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
$78$130$217$375$602

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($78 vs $602).

How the prices are spread

$60 – $77: 95 hospitals$60$77 – $100: 131 hospitals$100 – $129: 182 hospitals$100$129 – $167: 276 hospitals$167 – $215: 236 hospitals$167$215 – $277: 273 hospitals$277 – $358: 206 hospitals$277$358 – $462: 182 hospitals$462 – $596: 163 hospitals$462$596 – $769: 111 hospitals$596median $217price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,855 of 2,055 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$60$7795
$77$100131
$100$129182
$129$167276
$167$215236
$215$277273
$277$358206
$358$462182
$462$596163
$596$769111

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$224
Median cash price$217
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.97×

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 $217.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $208 across 12 hospitalsME$208Vermont: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $166 across 42 hospitalsWA$166Idaho: median $351 across 11 hospitalsID$351Montana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $161 across 40 hospitalsMN$161Illinois: median $188 across 75 hospitalsIL$188Wisconsin: median $180 across 72 hospitalsWI$180Michigan: median $262 across 65 hospitalsMI$262New York: median $261 across 65 hospitalsNY$261Massachusetts: median $464 across 31 hospitalsMA$464Oregon: median $212 across 32 hospitalsOR$212Nevada: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $251 across 18 hospitalsSD$251Iowa: median $145 across 46 hospitalsIA$145Indiana: median $140 across 63 hospitalsIN$140Ohio: median $238 across 125 hospitalsOH$238Pennsylvania: median $298 across 100 hospitalsPA$298New Jersey: median $232 across 41 hospitalsNJ$232Connecticut: median $319 across 15 hospitalsCT$319Rhode Island: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $388 across 145 hospitalsCA$388Utah: median $211 across 16 hospitalsUT$211Colorado: median $311 across 51 hospitalsCO$311Nebraska: median $200 across 46 hospitalsNE$200Missouri: median $180 across 53 hospitalsMO$180Kentucky: median $233 across 42 hospitalsKY$233West Virginia: median $185 across 13 hospitalsWV$185Virginia: median $252 across 42 hospitalsVA$252Maryland: median $106 across 32 hospitalsMD$106Delaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $207 across 43 hospitalsAZ$207New Mexico: median $263 across 11 hospitalsNM$263Kansas: median $217 across 38 hospitalsKS$217Arkansas: median $87 across 27 hospitalsAR$87Tennessee: median $184 across 49 hospitalsTN$184North Carolina: median $106 across 46 hospitalsNC$106South Carolina: median $269 across 40 hospitalsSC$269Oklahoma: median $148 across 44 hospitalsOK$148Louisiana: median $119 across 25 hospitalsLA$119Mississippi: median $82 across 27 hospitalsMS$82Alabama: median $185 across 16 hospitalsAL$185Georgia: median $229 across 74 hospitalsGA$229Hawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $230 across 153 hospitalsTX$230Florida: median $290 across 106 hospitalsFL$290
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $217. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Massachusetts MA31$464+114%$244 – $744
California CA145$388+79%$157 – $532
Idaho ID11$351+62%$176 – $463
Connecticut CT15$319+47%$206 – $444
Colorado CO51$311+44%$164 – $545
Pennsylvania PA100$298+37%$175 – $502
Florida FL106$290+34%$126 – $667
South Carolina SC40$269+24%$152 – $570
New Mexico NM11$263+21%$232 – $598
Michigan MI65$262+21%$202 – $430
New York NY65$261+20%$173 – $497
Virginia VA42$252+16%$84 – $453
South Dakota SD18$251+16%$215 – $485
Ohio OH125$238+10%$146 – $426
Kentucky KY42$233+7%$127 – $356
New Jersey NJ41$232+7%$83 – $602
Texas TX153$230+6%$73 – $581
Georgia GA74$229+5%$135 – $566
Kansas KS38$2170%$111 – $391
Oregon OR32$212−3%$161 – $282
Utah UT16$211−3%$211 – $314
Maine ME12$208−4%$134 – $322
Arizona AZ43$207−5%$102 – $677
Nebraska NE46$200−8%$136 – $321
Illinois IL75$188−14%$72 – $330
Alabama AL16$185−15%$117 – $345
West Virginia WV13$185−15%$123 – $587
Tennessee TN49$184−15%$73 – $327
Wisconsin WI72$180−17%$93 – $293
Missouri MO53$180−17%$132 – $305
Washington WA42$166−24%$125 – $379
Minnesota MN40$161−26%$131 – $233
Oklahoma OK44$148−32%$110 – $368
Iowa IA46$145−33%$62 – $276
Indiana IN63$140−35%$83 – $240
Louisiana LA25$119−45%$74 – $150
Maryland MD32$106−51%$90 – $124
North Carolina NC46$106−51%$42 – $179
Arkansas AR27$87−60%$62 – $118
Mississippi MS27$82−62%$69 – $162
Nevada NV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not 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 $217.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,604$230$109 – $460
Children’s44$188$128 – $608
Critical access400$193$111 – $339
Ownership
For-profit240$334$135 – $734
Government294$198$106 – $370
Non-profit1,514$210$110 – $424
System affiliation
Part of a system1,784$212$108 – $442
Independent271$231$125 – $404

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$367
Median cash price$217
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

1,612 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $212 and the average of the middle 60% is $232; most fall between $111 and $439.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,612 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
$82$130$212$376$577

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($82 vs $577).

Of the 1,690 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,612 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 69 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,055 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (52%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,140 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,055
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) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded69
Hospitals that filed this code2,140

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 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other respiratory therapy family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as HC Airway Clearance Ea (Vest).

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, “Vest therapy using mechanical chest wall vibration (CPT 94669) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-94669-vest-therapy-using-mechanical-chest-wall-vibration