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Procedure price report · Skin graft

Full-thickness graft, face/neck/hands/feet, up to 20 sq cm

CPT 15240the billing code this page is about

Surgical transfer of a full-thickness piece of skin to repair a wound on the forehead, cheeks, chin, mouth, neck, underarm, genitals, hands, or feet, covering 20 square centimeters or less, including donor site closure.

Hospitals typically charge $2,315 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,233 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,504. Most fall between $1,386 and $4,177 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,233
States
50
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 1,233 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
$1,004$1,574$2,315$3,750$6,155

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,004 vs $6,155).

How the prices are spread

$769 – $992: 54 hospitals$769$992 – $1,281: 99 hospitals$1,281 – $1,654: 122 hospitals$1,281$1,654 – $2,136: 181 hospitals$2,136 – $2,757: 218 hospitals$2,136$2,757 – $3,560: 150 hospitals$3,560 – $4,596: 141 hospitals$3,560$4,596 – $5,934: 77 hospitals$5,934 – $7,662: 35 hospitals$5,934$7,662 – $9,892: 34 hospitals$7,662median $2,315price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,111 of 1,233 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$769$99254
$992$1,28199
$1,281$1,654122
$1,654$2,136181
$2,136$2,757218
$2,757$3,560150
$3,560$4,596141
$4,596$5,93477
$5,934$7,66235
$7,662$9,89234

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,108
Median cash price$2,315
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.10×

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 $2,315.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $2,035 across 12 hospitalsME$2,035Vermont: 9 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 $2,867 across 30 hospitalsWA$2,867Idaho: median $2,015 across 14 hospitalsID$2,015Montana: median $1,393 across 10 hospitalsMT$1,393North Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,891 across 38 hospitalsMN$1,891Illinois: median $2,087 across 50 hospitalsIL$2,087Wisconsin: median $1,921 across 51 hospitalsWI$1,921Michigan: median $2,045 across 57 hospitalsMI$2,045New York: median $2,576 across 71 hospitalsNY$2,576Massachusetts: median $3,728 across 26 hospitalsMA$3,728Oregon: median $2,209 across 32 hospitalsOR$2,209Nevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 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 $2,152 across 38 hospitalsIA$2,152Indiana: median $1,492 across 29 hospitalsIN$1,492Ohio: median $2,707 across 32 hospitalsOH$2,707Pennsylvania: median $2,438 across 64 hospitalsPA$2,438New Jersey: median $2,433 across 41 hospitalsNJ$2,433Connecticut: median $1,790 across 11 hospitalsCT$1,790Rhode Island: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,562 across 93 hospitalsCA$3,562Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $2,628 across 16 hospitalsCO$2,628Nebraska: median $2,171 across 26 hospitalsNE$2,171Missouri: median $2,056 across 33 hospitalsMO$2,056Kentucky: median $1,276 across 11 hospitalsKY$1,276West Virginia: median $2,144 across 24 hospitalsWV$2,144Virginia: median $2,704 across 29 hospitalsVA$2,704Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,333 across 15 hospitalsKS$1,333Arkansas: median $1,792 across 11 hospitalsAR$1,792Tennessee: median $842 across 18 hospitalsTN$842North Carolina: median $3,594 across 22 hospitalsNC$3,594South Carolina: median $3,048 across 10 hospitalsSC$3,048Oklahoma: median $1,513 across 28 hospitalsOK$1,513Louisiana: median $1,241 across 18 hospitalsLA$1,241Mississippi: median $1,016 across 12 hospitalsMS$1,016Alabama: median $2,621 across 14 hospitalsAL$2,621Georgia: median $2,599 across 28 hospitalsGA$2,599Hawaii: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,014 across 76 hospitalsTX$3,014Florida: median $2,761 across 55 hospitalsFL$2,761
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,315. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Massachusetts MA26$3,728+61%$2,301 – $6,479
North Carolina NC22$3,594+55%$2,044 – $3,594
California CA93$3,562+54%$2,001 – $5,505
South Carolina SC10$3,048+32%$2,124 – $8,232
Texas TX76$3,014+30%$1,004 – $4,007
Washington WA30$2,867+24%$1,706 – $3,606
Florida FL55$2,761+19%$1,836 – $4,459
Ohio OH32$2,707+17%$1,398 – $10,043
Virginia VA29$2,704+17%$1,415 – $3,222
Colorado CO16$2,628+14%$2,109 – $5,030
Alabama AL14$2,621+13%$1,119 – $4,642
Georgia GA28$2,599+12%$2,315 – $7,906
New York NY71$2,576+11%$1,383 – $4,595
Pennsylvania PA64$2,438+5%$1,327 – $9,225
New Jersey NJ41$2,433+5%$2,026 – $5,339
Oregon OR32$2,209−5%$1,706 – $3,980
Nebraska NE26$2,171−6%$1,283 – $3,353
Iowa IA38$2,152−7%$1,267 – $2,450
West Virginia WV24$2,144−7%$818 – $2,635
Illinois IL50$2,087−10%$1,116 – $4,655
Missouri MO33$2,056−11%$1,303 – $2,547
Michigan MI57$2,045−12%$1,531 – $3,490
Maine ME12$2,035−12%$1,543 – $3,113
Idaho ID14$2,015−13%$1,446 – $2,988
Wisconsin WI51$1,921−17%$1,657 – $2,864
Minnesota MN38$1,891−18%$1,481 – $3,541
Arkansas AR11$1,792−23%$1,409 – $3,419
Connecticut CT11$1,790−23%$1,400 – $4,255
Oklahoma OK28$1,513−35%$1,161 – $2,142
Indiana IN29$1,492−36%$1,060 – $3,308
Montana MT10$1,393−40%$490 – $1,984
Kansas KS15$1,333−42%$938 – $1,676
Kentucky KY11$1,276−45%$966 – $1,958
Louisiana LA18$1,241−46%$638 – $1,921
Mississippi MS12$1,016−56%$899 – $5,999
Tennessee TN18$842−64%$638 – $5,247
Arizona AZ9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not 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 $2,315.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care937$2,480$1,484 – $4,595
Children’s31$3,307$1,987 – $6,329
Critical access264$1,921$1,119 – $2,988
Ownership
For-profit126$2,884$1,252 – $7,797
Government203$2,165$1,407 – $3,594
Non-profit903$2,351$1,386 – $4,280
System affiliation
Part of a system1,002$2,437$1,484 – $4,451
Independent231$1,942$1,204 – $3,346

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,888
Median cash price$2,315
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

769 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,346 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,499; most fall between $1,350 and $3,980.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 769 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
$1,016$1,568$2,346$3,606$5,505

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,016 vs $5,505).

Of the 825 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 769 gave a usable cash price; 22 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 34 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,233 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (31%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,339 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,233
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here58
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded44
Hospitals that filed this code1,339

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 Fr Dir Clsr F/C/C/M/N/Ax/G/H/F 20sqcm/<.

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 graft, face/neck/hands/feet, up to 20 sq cm (CPT 15240) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-15240-full-thickness-graft-face-neck-hands-feet-up-to-20-sq-cm