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Procedure price report · Skin graft

Pinch skin graft to a small open area, up to 2 cm

CPT 15050the billing code this page is about

Placement of one or more small pinches of skin to cover a minimal open wound, ulcer or fingertip area up to 2 centimeters across, on areas other than the face.

Hospitals typically charge $923 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 797 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $974. Most fall between $580 and $1,574 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
797
States
48
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 797 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
$411$659$923$1,394$2,133

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($411 vs $2,133).

How the prices are spread

$314 – $412: 41 hospitals$314$412 – $541: 63 hospitals$541 – $711: 81 hospitals$541$711 – $934: 180 hospitals$934 – $1,226: 146 hospitals$934$1,226 – $1,611: 94 hospitals$1,611 – $2,116: 72 hospitals$1,611$2,116 – $2,779: 26 hospitals$2,779 – $3,650: 5 hospitals$2,779$3,650 – $4,794: 11 hospitals$3,650median $923price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (719 of 797 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$314$41241
$412$54163
$541$71181
$711$934180
$934$1,226146
$1,226$1,61194
$1,611$2,11672
$2,116$2,77926
$2,779$3,6505
$3,650$4,79411

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$755
Median cash price$923
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.22×

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 $923.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,307 across 24 hospitalsWA$1,307Idaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $923 across 17 hospitalsMN$923Illinois: median $1,054 across 31 hospitalsIL$1,054Wisconsin: median $969 across 12 hospitalsWI$969Michigan: median $813 across 30 hospitalsMI$813New York: median $923 across 46 hospitalsNY$923Massachusetts: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,073 across 23 hospitalsOR$1,073Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $1,034 across 10 hospitalsSD$1,034Iowa: median $1,435 across 24 hospitalsIA$1,435Indiana: median $1,394 across 23 hospitalsIN$1,394Ohio: median $1,136 across 32 hospitalsOH$1,136Pennsylvania: median $1,187 across 49 hospitalsPA$1,187New Jersey: median $817 across 30 hospitalsNJ$817Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,139 across 74 hospitalsCA$1,139Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: median $800 across 16 hospitalsCO$800Nebraska: median $465 across 16 hospitalsNE$465Missouri: median $813 across 17 hospitalsMO$813Kentucky: median $538 across 16 hospitalsKY$538West Virginia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $1,682 across 18 hospitalsVA$1,682Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: median $583 across 10 hospitalsNM$583Kansas: median $647 across 13 hospitalsKS$647Arkansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $343 across 19 hospitalsTN$343North Carolina: median $580 across 13 hospitalsNC$580South Carolina: median $720 across 16 hospitalsSC$720Oklahoma: median $746 across 15 hospitalsOK$746Louisiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $538 across 37 hospitalsGA$538Hawaii: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $863 across 49 hospitalsTX$863Florida: median $862 across 21 hospitalsFL$862
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $923. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Virginia VA18$1,682+82%$234 – $1,799
Iowa IA24$1,435+56%$407 – $1,435
Indiana IN23$1,394+51%$633 – $2,133
Washington WA24$1,307+42%$762 – $1,659
Pennsylvania PA49$1,187+29%$440 – $5,061
California CA74$1,139+23%$788 – $1,680
Ohio OH32$1,136+23%$695 – $1,193
Oregon OR23$1,073+16%$776 – $1,730
Illinois IL31$1,054+14%$633 – $1,472
South Dakota SD10$1,034+12%$896 – $1,201
Wisconsin WI12$969+5%$539 – $969
Minnesota MN17$9230%$504 – $1,110
New York NY46$9230%$724 – $1,571
Texas TX49$863−6%$819 – $1,135
Florida FL21$862−7%$862 – $1,264
New Jersey NJ30$817−11%$678 – $5,339
Michigan MI30$813−12%$756 – $1,016
Missouri MO17$813−12%$631 – $874
Colorado CO16$800−13%$798 – $1,173
Oklahoma OK15$746−19%$746 – $746
South Carolina SC16$720−22%$720 – $845
Kansas KS13$647−30%$421 – $925
New Mexico NM10$583−37%$442 – $1,733
North Carolina NC13$580−37%$580 – $605
Georgia GA37$538−42%$472 – $2,397
Kentucky KY16$538−42%$405 – $2,458
Nebraska NE16$465−50%$407 – $952
Tennessee TN19$343−63%$234 – $505
Louisiana LA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not 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 $923.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care637$917$580 – $1,586
Children’s11fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access149$952$504 – $1,444
Ownership
For-profit72$863$633 – $1,599
Government117$809$538 – $1,252
Non-profit608$965$597 – $1,651
System affiliation
Part of a system674$965$587 – $1,623
Independent123$826$507 – $1,395

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,619
Median cash price$923
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

563 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,073 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,061; most fall between $580 and $1,680.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 563 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
$440$656$1,073$1,456$2,424

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($440 vs $2,424).

Of the 609 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 563 gave a usable cash price; 21 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 25 a list price only.

How complete is this

797 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (20%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 859 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted797
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here38
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 — excluded23
Hospitals that filed this code859

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 Skin graft family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Pinch Graft 1/Mlt Sm Ulcer Tip/Oth AR Up to 2 Cm.

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, “Pinch skin graft to a small open area, up to 2 cm (CPT 15050) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-15050-pinch-skin-graft-to-a-small-open-area-up-to-2-cm