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Procedure price report · Skin graft

Skin flap creation on the scalp, arm or leg

CPT 15572the billing code this page is about

Surgical formation of a flap of skin that keeps its own blood supply, raised on the scalp, arm, or leg, with or without moving it to the area being repaired.

Hospitals typically charge $3,037 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 282 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,927. Most fall between $1,066 and $6,216 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
282
States
44
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 282 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
$871$1,314$3,037$4,873$9,770

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($871 vs $9,770).

How the prices are spread

$638 – $850: 12 hospitals$638$850 – $1,133: 33 hospitals$1,133 – $1,510: 22 hospitals$1,133$1,510 – $2,013: 23 hospitals$2,013 – $2,684: 32 hospitals$2,013$2,684 – $3,578: 26 hospitals$3,578 – $4,770: 47 hospitals$3,578$4,770 – $6,359: 18 hospitals$6,359 – $8,477: 13 hospitals$6,359$8,477 – $11,301: 36 hospitals$8,477median $3,037price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (262 of 282 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$638$85012
$850$1,13333
$1,133$1,51022
$1,510$2,01323
$2,013$2,68432
$2,684$3,57826
$3,578$4,77047
$4,770$6,35918
$6,359$8,47713
$8,477$11,30136

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,620
Median cash price$3,037
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.84×

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 $3,037.

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: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,313 across 10 hospitalsIL$1,313Wisconsin: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $1,290 across 12 hospitalsMI$1,290New York: median $4,332 across 23 hospitalsNY$4,332Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 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: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,169 across 18 hospitalsIA$2,169Indiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,631 across 10 hospitalsOH$2,631Pennsylvania: median $2,145 across 20 hospitalsPA$2,145New Jersey: median $4,627 across 29 hospitalsNJ$4,627Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $11,301 across 23 hospitalsCA$11,301Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 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: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,063 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,063Louisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,040 across 22 hospitalsTX$3,040Florida: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,037. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA23$11,301+272%$11,301 – $11,301
New Jersey NJ29$4,627+52%$4,052 – $8,496
New York NY23$4,332+43%$2,165 – $4,332
Texas TX22$3,0400%$2,732 – $3,040
Ohio OH10$2,631−13%$1,447 – $3,058
Iowa IA18$2,169−29%$2,169 – $2,444
Pennsylvania PA20$2,145−29%$455 – $5,685
Illinois IL10$1,313−57%$1,066 – $1,814
Michigan MI12$1,290−58%$1,186 – $4,873
Oklahoma OK13$1,063−65%$1,063 – $3,916
Florida FL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN2not 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
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI1not 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 $3,037.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care243$3,040$1,189 – $6,839
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access29$1,574$1,066 – $3,206
Ownership
For-profit31$2,104$1,066 – $5,112
Government40$2,732$1,367 – $4,508
Non-profit210$3,040$1,066 – $6,839
System affiliation
Part of a system228$3,040$1,133 – $7,884
Independent54$1,816$937 – $4,382

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,955
Median cash price$3,037
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

165 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,169 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,362; most fall between $1,063 and $7,489.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 165 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
$920$1,066$2,169$4,382$11,301

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($920 vs $11,301).

Of the 180 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 165 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 5 a list price only.

How complete is this

282 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (7%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 306 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted282
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here21
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 code306

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 Frmj Direct/Tube Pedicle W/WO Tr Scalp Arms/Legs.

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, “Skin flap creation on the scalp, arm or leg (CPT 15572) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-15572-skin-flap-creation-on-the-scalp-arm-or-leg