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Procedure price report · Skin graft

Dermal graft to face, hands or genitals, first area

CPT 15135the billing code this page is about

Transfer of a layer of the patient's own deeper skin onto a wound of the face, scalp, neck, ears, eyelids, mouth, genitals, hands or feet; covers the first 100 square centimeters, or first 1% of body area in children.

Hospitals typically charge $2,846 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 333 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,027. Most fall between $1,299 and $5,766 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
333
States
44
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 333 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
$940$1,440$2,846$5,112$8,768

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($940 vs $8,768).

How the prices are spread

$756 – $973: 18 hospitals$756$973 – $1,253: 31 hospitals$1,253 – $1,614: 34 hospitals$1,253$1,614 – $2,078: 24 hospitals$2,078 – $2,676: 35 hospitals$2,078$2,676 – $3,445: 36 hospitals$3,445 – $4,436: 45 hospitals$3,445$4,436 – $5,712: 20 hospitals$5,712 – $7,354: 31 hospitals$5,712$7,354 – $9,470: 30 hospitals$7,354median $2,846price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (304 of 333 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$756$97318
$973$1,25331
$1,253$1,61434
$1,614$2,07824
$2,078$2,67635
$2,676$3,44536
$3,445$4,43645
$4,436$5,71220
$5,712$7,35431
$7,354$9,47030

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,620
Median cash price$2,846
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.79×

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 $2,846.

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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 8 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: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,614 across 13 hospitalsIL$1,614Wisconsin: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $1,307 across 13 hospitalsMI$1,307New York: median $4,332 across 20 hospitalsNY$4,332Massachusetts: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $2,133 across 13 hospitalsOR$2,133Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $2,157 across 16 hospitalsIA$2,157Indiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,868 across 11 hospitalsOH$2,868Pennsylvania: median $1,765 across 24 hospitalsPA$1,765New Jersey: median $4,627 across 30 hospitalsNJ$4,627Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $9,470 across 29 hospitalsCA$9,470Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $785 across 10 hospitalsWV$785Virginia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 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 $1,243 across 14 hospitalsOK$1,243Louisiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceALGeorgia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,846 across 21 hospitalsTX$2,846Florida: median $5,766 across 15 hospitalsFL$5,766
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,846. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA29$9,470+233%$6,348 – $9,470
Florida FL15$5,766+103%$1,174 – $5,766
New Jersey NJ30$4,627+63%$4,052 – $6,783
New York NY20$4,332+52%$2,190 – $4,332
Ohio OH11$2,868+1%$1,895 – $5,198
Texas TX21$2,8460%$2,846 – $2,909
Iowa IA16$2,157−24%$2,153 – $2,157
Oregon OR13$2,133−25%$1,594 – $2,133
Pennsylvania PA24$1,765−38%$489 – $6,189
Illinois IL13$1,614−43%$1,012 – $2,157
Michigan MI13$1,307−54%$1,184 – $4,873
Oklahoma OK14$1,243−56%$1,243 – $4,210
West Virginia WV10$785−72%$759 – $2,067
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA1not 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 $2,846.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care280$3,048$1,307 – $5,899
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access44$1,841$1,012 – $2,951
Ownership
For-profit40$2,846$1,012 – $6,348
Government53$2,252$1,326 – $4,332
Non-profit240$2,846$1,243 – $6,189
System affiliation
Part of a system272$2,846$1,243 – $6,348
Independent61$2,190$1,336 – $4,349

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,009
Median cash price$2,846
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

192 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,157 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,801; most fall between $1,243 and $6,348.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 192 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
$1,012$1,307$2,157$5,766$9,470

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,012 vs $9,470).

Of the 203 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 192 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 2 a list price only.

How complete is this

333 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (8%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 364 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted333
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here28
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 — excluded2
Hospitals that filed this code364

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 Dermal Autograft F/S/N/H/F/G/M/Dgt 1st 100 Sqcm.

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, “Dermal graft to face, hands or genitals, first area (CPT 15135) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-15135-dermal-graft-to-face-hands-or-genitals-first-area