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Procedure price report · Skin graft

Full-thickness graft, nose/ear/eyelid/lip, up to 20 sq cm

CPT 15260the billing code this page is about

Surgical transfer of a full-thickness piece of skin to repair a wound on the nose, ear, eyelid, or lip, covering 20 square centimeters or less, including closure of the site the skin was taken from.

Hospitals typically charge $2,431 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,041 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,607. Most fall between $1,412 and $4,420 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,041
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 1,041 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
$1,049$1,648$2,431$3,874$6,558

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,049 vs $6,558).

How the prices are spread

$809 – $1,038: 54 hospitals$809$1,038 – $1,331: 84 hospitals$1,331 – $1,707: 104 hospitals$1,331$1,707 – $2,189: 151 hospitals$2,189 – $2,808: 164 hospitals$2,189$2,808 – $3,601: 131 hospitals$3,601 – $4,618: 124 hospitals$3,601$4,618 – $5,923: 60 hospitals$5,923 – $7,597: 52 hospitals$5,923$7,597 – $9,743: 20 hospitals$7,597median $2,431price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (944 of 1,041 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$809$1,03854
$1,038$1,33184
$1,331$1,707104
$1,707$2,189151
$2,189$2,808164
$2,808$3,601131
$3,601$4,618124
$4,618$5,92360
$5,923$7,59752
$7,597$9,74320

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,108
Median cash price$2,431
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.15×

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 $2,431.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 7 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 $3,010 across 23 hospitalsWA$3,010Idaho: median $2,988 across 10 hospitalsID$2,988Montana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,895 across 39 hospitalsMN$1,895Illinois: median $1,950 across 43 hospitalsIL$1,950Wisconsin: median $2,421 across 50 hospitalsWI$2,421Michigan: median $2,421 across 43 hospitalsMI$2,421New York: median $2,299 across 59 hospitalsNY$2,299Massachusetts: median $3,458 across 24 hospitalsMA$3,458Oregon: median $2,430 across 30 hospitalsOR$2,430Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 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 $2,475 across 31 hospitalsIA$2,475Indiana: median $1,823 across 17 hospitalsIN$1,823Ohio: median $2,957 across 29 hospitalsOH$2,957Pennsylvania: median $2,438 across 59 hospitalsPA$2,438New Jersey: median $3,661 across 35 hospitalsNJ$3,661Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,562 across 79 hospitalsCA$3,562Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $2,109 across 11 hospitalsCO$2,109Nebraska: median $1,353 across 14 hospitalsNE$1,353Missouri: median $1,924 across 24 hospitalsMO$1,924Kentucky: median $1,113 across 14 hospitalsKY$1,113West Virginia: median $2,208 across 26 hospitalsWV$2,208Virginia: median $2,704 across 28 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: 7 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 $1,634 across 21 hospitalsKS$1,634Arkansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $3,594 across 22 hospitalsNC$3,594South Carolina: median $2,393 across 17 hospitalsSC$2,393Oklahoma: median $1,630 across 21 hospitalsOK$1,630Louisiana: median $1,412 across 20 hospitalsLA$1,412Mississippi: median $1,640 across 14 hospitalsMS$1,640Alabama: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $2,063 across 22 hospitalsGA$2,063Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,874 across 66 hospitalsTX$3,874Florida: median $3,719 across 43 hospitalsFL$3,719
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,431. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Texas TX66$3,874+59%$2,501 – $5,007
Florida FL43$3,719+53%$1,821 – $7,531
New Jersey NJ35$3,661+51%$2,026 – $5,419
North Carolina NC22$3,594+48%$1,618 – $3,744
California CA79$3,562+47%$1,823 – $6,558
Massachusetts MA24$3,458+42%$2,028 – $5,559
Washington WA23$3,010+24%$1,441 – $3,729
Idaho ID10$2,988+23%$2,015 – $2,988
Ohio OH29$2,957+22%$1,166 – $13,546
Virginia VA28$2,704+11%$2,640 – $2,896
Iowa IA31$2,475+2%$1,685 – $2,620
Pennsylvania PA59$2,4380%$1,194 – $6,864
Oregon OR30$2,4300%$1,838 – $3,896
Michigan MI43$2,4210%$1,168 – $5,738
Wisconsin WI50$2,4210%$1,800 – $2,437
South Carolina SC17$2,393−2%$2,393 – $2,807
New York NY59$2,299−5%$1,273 – $4,595
West Virginia WV26$2,208−9%$868 – $2,508
Colorado CO11$2,109−13%$1,859 – $3,390
Georgia GA22$2,063−15%$2,063 – $4,828
Illinois IL43$1,950−20%$1,168 – $4,110
Missouri MO24$1,924−21%$1,391 – $2,655
Minnesota MN39$1,895−22%$1,648 – $3,678
Indiana IN17$1,823−25%$1,087 – $5,725
Mississippi MS14$1,640−33%$909 – $6,504
Kansas KS21$1,634−33%$1,007 – $2,491
Oklahoma OK21$1,630−33%$1,630 – $1,713
Louisiana LA20$1,412−42%$677 – $3,020
Nebraska NE14$1,353−44%$1,029 – $2,580
Kentucky KY14$1,113−54%$446 – $2,126
South Dakota SD9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not 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 $2,431.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care801$2,508$1,535 – $4,595
Children’s20$2,845$1,188 – $5,789
Critical access219$1,924$1,132 – $3,302
Ownership
For-profit94$3,048$1,252 – $6,022
Government168$2,164$1,313 – $3,594
Non-profit778$2,438$1,478 – $4,451
System affiliation
Part of a system861$2,475$1,579 – $4,595
Independent180$2,026$1,084 – $3,390

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,892
Median cash price$2,431
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

644 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,421 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,582; most fall between $1,508 and $3,994.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 644 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
$1,087$1,648$2,421$3,806$5,848

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,087 vs $5,848).

Of the 692 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 644 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 26 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,041 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (26%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,134 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,041
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here52
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded5
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded34
Hospitals that filed this code1,134

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 N/E/E/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 graft, nose/ear/eyelid/lip, up to 20 sq cm (CPT 15260) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-15260-full-thickness-graft-nose-ear-eyelid-lip-up-to-20-sq-cm