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Procedure price report · Skin graft

Full-thickness skin graft, scalp/arm/leg, up to 20 sq cm

CPT 15220the billing code this page is about

Surgical transfer of a full-thickness piece of skin taken from another site to repair a wound on the scalp, arm, or leg, covering a graft area of 20 square centimeters or less, including closure of the donor site.

Hospitals typically charge $2,074 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 876 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,166. Most fall between $1,190 and $4,158 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
876
States
48
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – 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 876 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
$857$1,271$2,074$3,420$6,591

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($857 vs $6,591).

How the prices are spread

$612 – $803: 35 hospitals$612$803 – $1,054: 57 hospitals$1,054 – $1,383: 121 hospitals$1,054$1,383 – $1,815: 103 hospitals$1,815 – $2,381: 162 hospitals$1,815$2,381 – $3,124: 122 hospitals$3,124 – $4,100: 57 hospitals$3,124$4,100 – $5,380: 63 hospitals$5,380 – $7,059: 47 hospitals$5,380$7,059 – $9,263: 23 hospitals$7,059median $2,074price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (790 of 876 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$612$80335
$803$1,05457
$1,054$1,383121
$1,383$1,815103
$1,815$2,381162
$2,381$3,124122
$3,124$4,10057
$4,100$5,38063
$5,380$7,05947
$7,059$9,26323

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,108
Median cash price$2,074
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 $2,074.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $1,434 across 11 hospitalsME$1,434Vermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,411 across 16 hospitalsWA$1,411Idaho: median $2,988 across 11 hospitalsID$2,988Montana: 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 $1,696 across 28 hospitalsMN$1,696Illinois: median $1,758 across 35 hospitalsIL$1,758Wisconsin: median $1,643 across 47 hospitalsWI$1,643Michigan: median $1,211 across 33 hospitalsMI$1,211New York: median $2,165 across 63 hospitalsNY$2,165Massachusetts: median $3,482 across 20 hospitalsMA$3,482Oregon: median $1,741 across 23 hospitalsOR$1,741Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,894 across 30 hospitalsIA$1,894Indiana: median $1,224 across 27 hospitalsIN$1,224Ohio: median $2,911 across 35 hospitalsOH$2,911Pennsylvania: median $2,379 across 44 hospitalsPA$2,379New Jersey: median $3,161 across 37 hospitalsNJ$3,161Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $6,253 across 55 hospitalsCA$6,253Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,869 across 11 hospitalsCO$1,869Nebraska: median $1,782 across 10 hospitalsNE$1,782Missouri: median $2,056 across 28 hospitalsMO$2,056Kentucky: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,754 across 20 hospitalsWV$1,754Virginia: median $2,469 across 22 hospitalsVA$2,469Maryland: 1 hospital 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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,159 across 17 hospitalsKS$1,159Arkansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $1,296 across 10 hospitalsTN$1,296North Carolina: median $2,074 across 18 hospitalsNC$2,074South Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,251 across 15 hospitalsOK$1,251Louisiana: median $1,655 across 18 hospitalsLA$1,655Mississippi: median $936 across 12 hospitalsMS$936Alabama: median $2,163 across 13 hospitalsAL$2,163Georgia: median $2,562 across 18 hospitalsGA$2,562Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,577 across 34 hospitalsTX$2,577Florida: median $3,949 across 26 hospitalsFL$3,949
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,074. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA55$6,253+201%$1,552 – $6,591
Florida FL26$3,949+90%$1,821 – $5,631
Massachusetts MA20$3,482+68%$2,018 – $4,329
New Jersey NJ37$3,161+52%$2,026 – $5,855
Idaho ID11$2,988+44%$1,926 – $2,988
Ohio OH35$2,911+40%$1,588 – $2,960
Texas TX34$2,577+24%$1,841 – $4,714
Georgia GA18$2,562+24%$758 – $6,905
Virginia VA22$2,469+19%$841 – $2,704
Pennsylvania PA44$2,379+15%$461 – $3,939
New York NY63$2,165+4%$1,101 – $4,595
Alabama AL13$2,163+4%$1,128 – $4,998
North Carolina NC18$2,0740%$1,231 – $2,074
Missouri MO28$2,056−1%$1,092 – $2,465
Iowa IA30$1,894−9%$1,635 – $3,375
Colorado CO11$1,869−10%$1,439 – $2,109
Nebraska NE10$1,782−14%$1,008 – $2,580
Illinois IL35$1,758−15%$946 – $4,170
West Virginia WV20$1,754−15%$628 – $3,041
Oregon OR23$1,741−16%$1,411 – $2,245
Minnesota MN28$1,696−18%$1,263 – $2,168
Louisiana LA18$1,655−20%$847 – $2,317
Wisconsin WI47$1,643−21%$1,365 – $2,935
Maine ME11$1,434−31%$1,055 – $3,356
Washington WA16$1,411−32%$1,186 – $3,211
Tennessee TN10$1,296−38%$696 – $2,580
Oklahoma OK15$1,251−40%$1,251 – $2,142
Indiana IN27$1,224−41%$900 – $2,156
Michigan MI33$1,211−42%$1,190 – $1,643
Kansas KS17$1,159−44%$453 – $1,725
Mississippi MS12$936−55%$854 – $3,740
Arkansas AR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not 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 $2,074.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care673$2,168$1,234 – $4,590
Children’s14fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access188$1,540$972 – $2,402
Ownership
For-profit87$2,841$1,159 – $8,216
Government152$1,877$1,200 – $2,552
Non-profit636$2,137$1,190 – $4,301
System affiliation
Part of a system688$2,165$1,233 – $4,501
Independent188$1,747$1,070 – $2,820

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,988
Median cash price$2,074
Cash as a share of list, median hospital64%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 36%. 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

486 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,981 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,057; most fall between $1,145 and $3,702.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 486 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
$841$1,251$1,981$3,093$5,789

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($841 vs $5,789).

Of the 531 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 486 gave a usable cash price; 25 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 20 a list price only.

How complete is this

876 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (22%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 961 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted876
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here51
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded32
Hospitals that filed this code961

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 Fth/Gft Free W/Direct Closure S/a/L 20 Sq 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.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Full-thickness skin graft, scalp/arm/leg, up to 20 sq cm (CPT 15220) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-15220-full-thickness-skin-graft-scalp-arm-leg-up-to-20-sq-cm