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Procedure price report · Skin graft

Skin flap creation on eyelid, nose, ear or mouth

CPT 15576the billing code this page is about

Surgical formation of a flap of skin that keeps its own blood supply, raised on the eyelids, nose, ears, lips, or inside the mouth, with or without transfer to the repair site.

Hospitals typically charge $2,256 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 535 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,460. Most fall between $1,274 and $4,019 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
535
States
48
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 535 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
$966$1,413$2,256$3,896$5,855

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($966 vs $5,855).

How the prices are spread

$600 – $776: 15 hospitals$600$776 – $1,005: 25 hospitals$1,005 – $1,300: 44 hospitals$1,005$1,300 – $1,683: 58 hospitals$1,683 – $2,178: 74 hospitals$1,683$2,178 – $2,819: 83 hospitals$2,819 – $3,648: 58 hospitals$2,819$3,648 – $4,721: 67 hospitals$4,721 – $6,109: 35 hospitals$4,721$6,109 – $7,906: 26 hospitals$6,109median $2,256price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (485 of 535 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$600$77615
$776$1,00525
$1,005$1,30044
$1,300$1,68358
$1,683$2,17874
$2,178$2,81983
$2,819$3,64858
$3,648$4,72167
$4,721$6,10935
$6,109$7,90626

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,108
Median cash price$2,256
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.07×

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 $2,256.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $3,322 across 14 hospitalsWA$3,322Idaho: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 5 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 $3,040 across 19 hospitalsMN$3,040Illinois: median $1,717 across 23 hospitalsIL$1,717Wisconsin: median $2,223 across 30 hospitalsWI$2,223Michigan: median $1,032 across 28 hospitalsMI$1,032New York: median $2,165 across 31 hospitalsNY$2,165Massachusetts: median $5,618 across 10 hospitalsMA$5,618Oregon: median $3,189 across 16 hospitalsOR$3,189Nevada: 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: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,970 across 16 hospitalsIA$1,970Indiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,436 across 15 hospitalsOH$2,436Pennsylvania: median $2,438 across 35 hospitalsPA$2,438New Jersey: median $3,819 across 32 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 $4,242 across 49 hospitalsCA$4,242Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $1,301 across 11 hospitalsMO$1,301Kentucky: 8 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: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,274 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,274Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $2,256 across 18 hospitalsGA$2,256Hawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,929 across 28 hospitalsTX$2,929Florida: median $4,182 across 16 hospitalsFL$4,182
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,256. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Massachusetts MA10$5,618+149%$1,808 – $6,709
California CA49$4,242+88%$1,702 – $5,415
Florida FL16$4,182+85%$2,893 – $13,131
New Jersey NJ32$3,819+69%$2,026 – $5,741
Washington WA14$3,322+47%$2,094 – $4,002
Oregon OR16$3,189+41%$1,437 – $3,896
Minnesota MN19$3,040+35%$1,374 – $3,993
Texas TX28$2,929+30%$1,902 – $3,590
Pennsylvania PA35$2,438+8%$437 – $3,956
Ohio OH15$2,436+8%$1,703 – $3,567
Georgia GA18$2,2560%$2,256 – $7,906
Wisconsin WI30$2,223−1%$2,223 – $6,424
New York NY31$2,165−4%$1,870 – $2,880
Iowa IA16$1,970−13%$1,970 – $1,970
Illinois IL23$1,717−24%$966 – $3,442
Missouri MO11$1,301−42%$920 – $1,788
Oklahoma OK13$1,274−44%$1,274 – $3,729
Michigan MI28$1,032−54%$1,032 – $2,223
Arkansas AR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not 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
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not 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 $2,256.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care433$2,350$1,274 – $4,182
Children’s12fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access89$2,223$1,397 – $3,993
Ownership
For-profit48$2,605$966 – $5,905
Government71$2,125$1,390 – $3,870
Non-profit415$2,436$1,274 – $4,019
System affiliation
Part of a system443$2,438$1,281 – $4,182
Independent92$1,811$1,164 – $2,766

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,420
Median cash price$2,256
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

335 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,223 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,312; most fall between $1,274 and $3,896.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 335 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
$927$1,374$2,223$3,590$5,415

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($927 vs $5,415).

Of the 368 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 335 gave a usable cash price; 19 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 14 a list price only.

How complete is this

535 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (14%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 598 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted535
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) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded22
Hospitals that filed this code598

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/Tubed Pedicle W/Wotr E/N/E/L/Ntroral.

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, “Skin flap creation on eyelid, nose, ear or mouth (CPT 15576) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-15576-skin-flap-creation-on-eyelid-nose-ear-or-mouth