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Procedure price report · Skin graft

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

CPT 15261the billing code this page is about

Add-on charge for each additional 20 square centimeters of full-thickness skin graft to the nose, ear, eyelid, or lip.

Hospitals typically charge $656 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 345 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $960. Most fall between $228 and $2,644 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
345
States
47
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – 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 345 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
$163$261$656$2,394$3,808

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 23× what the cheapest tenth charges ($163 vs $3,808).

How the prices are spread

$130 – $190: 26 hospitals$130$190 – $278: 46 hospitals$278 – $407: 43 hospitals$278$407 – $595: 37 hospitals$595 – $869: 15 hospitals$595$869 – $1,271: 33 hospitals$1,271 – $1,859: 27 hospitals$1,271$1,859 – $2,719: 35 hospitals$2,719 – $3,976: 33 hospitals$2,719$3,976 – $5,814: 17 hospitals$3,976median $656price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (312 of 345 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$130$19026
$190$27846
$278$40743
$407$59537
$595$86915
$869$1,27133
$1,271$1,85927
$1,859$2,71935
$2,719$3,97633
$3,976$5,81417

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $656.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $333 across 22 hospitalsIL$333Wisconsin: median $900 across 18 hospitalsWI$900Michigan: median $278 across 19 hospitalsMI$278New York: median $324 across 10 hospitalsNY$324Massachusetts: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $371 across 11 hospitalsOR$371Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $517 across 16 hospitalsIA$517Indiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $580 across 15 hospitalsOH$580Pennsylvania: median $102 across 18 hospitalsPA$102New Jersey: median $5,110 across 13 hospitalsNJ$5,110Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $3,808 across 28 hospitalsCA$3,808Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,206 across 11 hospitalsWV$1,206Virginia: median $1,369 across 14 hospitalsVA$1,369Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $222 across 13 hospitalsOK$222Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,394 across 21 hospitalsTX$2,394Florida: median $2,192 across 13 hospitalsFL$2,192
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $656. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ13$5,110+679%$3,986 – $5,855
California CA28$3,808+481%$1,168 – $3,808
Texas TX21$2,394+265%$1,610 – $2,394
Florida FL13$2,192+234%$1,264 – $6,983
Virginia VA14$1,369+109%$132 – $2,640
West Virginia WV11$1,206+84%$388 – $1,707
Wisconsin WI18$900+37%$634 – $900
Ohio OH15$580−12%$391 – $1,553
Iowa IA16$517−21%$517 – $517
Oregon OR11$371−43%$371 – $499
Illinois IL22$333−49%$249 – $1,514
New York NY10$324−51%$156 – $1,908
Michigan MI19$278−58%$161 – $1,951
Oklahoma OK13$222−66%$222 – $227
Pennsylvania PA18$102−85%$83 – $334
Missouri MO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY1not 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 $656.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care283$803$222 – $2,988
Children’s12fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access49$499$249 – $1,514
Ownership
For-profit29$747$249 – $2,394
Government52$453$295 – $1,775
Non-profit263$803$222 – $2,988
System affiliation
Part of a system275$900$222 – $2,988
Independent70$453$243 – $1,453

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$834
Median cash price$656
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

230 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $543 and the average of the middle 60% is $902; most fall between $222 and $2,394.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 230 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
$166$243$543$2,015$3,808

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 23× what the cheapest tenth charges ($166 vs $3,808).

Of the 257 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 230 gave a usable cash price; 10 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 17 a list price only.

How complete is this

345 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (9%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 399 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted345
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here27
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 — excluded26
Hospitals that filed this code399

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • 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 23, 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/Dir Clsr N/E/E/L Ea Addl 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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Full-thickness graft, nose/ear/eyelid/lip, extra 20 sq cm (CPT 15261) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-15261-full-thickness-graft-nose-ear-eyelid-lip-extra-20-sq-cm