HRHospitalRates.comCompare prices

Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures on skin and breast

Placement of a tissue expander, not for the breast

CPT 11960the billing code this page is about

Surgical placement of an inflatable expander under the skin to stretch tissue at a site other than the breast, in preparation for a later implant.

Hospitals typically charge $3,546 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 378 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,320. Most fall between $1,598 and $5,830 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
378
States
46
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – 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 378 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
$1,086$1,822$3,546$5,112$11,301

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,086 vs $11,301).

How the prices are spread

$926 – $1,201: 29 hospitals$926$1,201 – $1,558: 21 hospitals$1,558 – $2,020: 40 hospitals$1,558$2,020 – $2,620: 44 hospitals$2,620 – $3,398: 33 hospitals$2,620$3,398 – $4,407: 83 hospitals$4,407 – $5,716: 31 hospitals$4,407$5,716 – $7,413: 21 hospitals$7,413 – $9,614: 12 hospitals$7,413$9,614 – $12,469: 28 hospitals$9,614median $3,546price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (342 of 378 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$926$1,20129
$1,201$1,55821
$1,558$2,02040
$2,020$2,62044
$2,620$3,39833
$3,398$4,40783
$4,407$5,71631
$5,716$7,41321
$7,413$9,61412
$9,614$12,46928

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,620
Median cash price$3,546
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.98×

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 $3,546.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,358 across 10 hospitalsMN$2,358Illinois: median $1,880 across 13 hospitalsIL$1,880Wisconsin: median $3,570 across 24 hospitalsWI$3,570Michigan: median $3,570 across 14 hospitalsMI$3,570New York: median $4,332 across 24 hospitalsNY$4,332Massachusetts: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,880 across 10 hospitalsOR$1,880Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,406 across 15 hospitalsIA$2,406Indiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,584 across 12 hospitalsOH$2,584Pennsylvania: median $1,586 across 22 hospitalsPA$1,586New Jersey: median $4,311 across 24 hospitalsNJ$4,311Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $11,301 across 29 hospitalsCA$11,301Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNMKansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,652 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,652Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,704 across 26 hospitalsTX$3,704Florida: median $3,744 across 17 hospitalsFL$3,744
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,546. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA29$11,301+219%$9,849 – $11,301
New York NY24$4,332+22%$2,996 – $4,424
New Jersey NJ24$4,311+22%$4,001 – $5,741
Florida FL17$3,744+6%$2,999 – $10,500
Texas TX26$3,704+4%$3,132 – $3,704
Michigan MI14$3,570+1%$1,259 – $4,873
Wisconsin WI24$3,570+1%$3,559 – $3,570
Ohio OH12$2,584−27%$1,598 – $2,987
Iowa IA15$2,406−32%$2,406 – $2,406
Minnesota MN10$2,358−34%$2,004 – $3,289
Oregon OR10$1,880−47%$1,880 – $2,453
Illinois IL13$1,880−47%$1,086 – $2,406
Oklahoma OK13$1,652−53%$1,652 – $5,663
Pennsylvania PA22$1,586−55%$656 – $6,189
Indiana IN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not 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 $3,546.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care310$3,570$1,652 – $6,082
Children’s18fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access50$3,546$1,538 – $3,704
Ownership
For-profit43$2,999$1,086 – $6,082
Government64$2,986$1,646 – $4,834
Non-profit271$3,559$1,652 – $5,855
System affiliation
Part of a system297$3,570$1,652 – $5,883
Independent81$2,707$1,592 – $5,112

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,284
Median cash price$3,546
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

222 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,584 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,838; most fall between $1,445 and $5,685.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 222 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
$1,086$1,636$2,584$4,259$11,301

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,086 vs $11,301).

Of the 251 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 222 gave a usable cash price; 17 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 12 a list price only.

How complete is this

378 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (10%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 419 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted378
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here29
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 — excluded12
Hospitals that filed this code419

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 skin and breast family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Insertion Tissue Expander Incl Sbsq Xpnsj.

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, “Placement of a tissue expander, not for the breast (CPT 11960) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-11960-placement-of-a-tissue-expander-not-for-the-breast