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Procedure price report · Skin graft

Skin flap creation on face, neck, hands or feet

CPT 15574the billing code this page is about

Surgical formation of a flap of skin that keeps its own blood supply, raised on the forehead, cheeks, chin, mouth, neck, underarm, genitals, hands, or feet, with or without transfer to the repair site.

Hospitals typically charge $2,560 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 442 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,688. Most fall between $1,514 and $4,775 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
442
States
47
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – 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 442 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
$999$1,641$2,560$3,958$5,953

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($999 vs $5,953).

How the prices are spread

$674 – $868: 17 hospitals$674$868 – $1,118: 14 hospitals$1,118 – $1,439: 29 hospitals$1,118$1,439 – $1,853: 60 hospitals$1,853 – $2,385: 63 hospitals$1,853$2,385 – $3,071: 66 hospitals$3,071 – $3,953: 60 hospitals$3,071$3,953 – $5,089: 29 hospitals$5,089 – $6,552: 44 hospitals$5,089$6,552 – $8,435: 18 hospitals$6,552median $2,560price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (400 of 442 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$674$86817
$868$1,11814
$1,118$1,43929
$1,439$1,85360
$1,853$2,38563
$2,385$3,07166
$3,071$3,95360
$3,953$5,08929
$5,089$6,55244
$6,552$8,43518

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,108
Median cash price$2,560
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.21×

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 $2,560.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: median $2,988 across 10 hospitalsID$2,988Montana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,662 across 10 hospitalsMN$1,662Illinois: median $1,861 across 18 hospitalsIL$1,861Wisconsin: median $3,250 across 17 hospitalsWI$3,250Michigan: median $1,581 across 16 hospitalsMI$1,581New York: median $2,228 across 33 hospitalsNY$2,228Massachusetts: median $4,775 across 14 hospitalsMA$4,775Oregon: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,217 across 21 hospitalsIA$2,217Indiana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,957 across 19 hospitalsOH$2,957Pennsylvania: median $1,502 across 22 hospitalsPA$1,502New Jersey: median $3,819 across 31 hospitalsNJ$3,819Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $5,505 across 36 hospitalsCA$5,505Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 hospitals 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: 5 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: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 8 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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,826 across 14 hospitalsOK$1,826Louisiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,244 across 28 hospitalsTX$3,244Florida: median $2,789 across 13 hospitalsFL$2,789
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,560. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA36$5,505+115%$2,590 – $5,505
Massachusetts MA14$4,775+86%$2,884 – $6,876
New Jersey NJ31$3,819+49%$2,026 – $5,419
Wisconsin WI17$3,250+27%$3,250 – $5,090
Texas TX28$3,244+27%$2,184 – $3,431
Idaho ID10$2,988+17%$1,645 – $2,988
Ohio OH19$2,957+16%$1,928 – $11,033
Florida FL13$2,789+9%$1,460 – $4,463
New York NY33$2,228−13%$2,165 – $3,958
Iowa IA21$2,217−13%$1,643 – $2,217
Illinois IL18$1,861−27%$1,253 – $3,806
Oklahoma OK14$1,826−29%$1,826 – $3,900
Minnesota MN10$1,662−35%$1,503 – $2,126
Michigan MI16$1,581−38%$1,229 – $2,837
Pennsylvania PA22$1,502−41%$467 – $3,093
Georgia GA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not 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 $2,560.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care349$2,601$1,578 – $4,641
Children’s23$3,740$1,662 – $8,792
Critical access69$1,867$1,253 – $3,431
Ownership
For-profit52$2,884$1,253 – $6,409
Government69$2,165$1,398 – $3,165
Non-profit320$2,760$1,578 – $5,090
System affiliation
Part of a system357$2,782$1,578 – $5,090
Independent85$2,150$1,251 – $3,165

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,580
Median cash price$2,560
Cash as a share of list, median hospital63%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 37%. 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

245 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,217 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,470; most fall between $1,324 and $3,958.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 245 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
$983$1,554$2,217$3,559$5,505

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($983 vs $5,505).

Of the 273 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 245 gave a usable cash price; 18 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 10 a list price only.

How complete is this

442 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (11%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 498 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted442
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here38
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded18
Hospitals that filed this code498

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 Dir/Tube Pedcl W/Wotr Fh/Ch/Ch/M/N/Ax/G/H/F.

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 face, neck, hands or feet (CPT 15574) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-15574-skin-flap-creation-on-face-neck-hands-or-feet