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Procedure price report · Skin graft

Delay or division of a skin flap on the trunk

CPT 15600the billing code this page is about

A staged follow-up operation on a previously raised skin flap of the trunk, either delaying it to build up blood supply or cutting it free and setting it into place.

Hospitals typically charge $3,197 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 319 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,851. Most fall between $486 and $6,482 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
319
States
42
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 319 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
$345$562$3,197$4,950$11,301

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 33× what the cheapest tenth charges ($345 vs $11,301).

How the prices are spread

$243 – $358: 22 hospitals$243$358 – $528: 37 hospitals$528 – $777: 28 hospitals$528$777 – $1,146: 30 hospitals$1,146 – $1,688: 4 hospitals$1,146$1,688 – $2,488: 8 hospitals$2,488 – $3,667: 27 hospitals$2,488$3,667 – $5,404: 74 hospitals$5,404 – $7,964: 27 hospitals$5,404$7,964 – $11,737: 33 hospitals$7,964median $3,197price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (290 of 319 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$243$35822
$358$52837
$528$77728
$777$1,14630
$1,146$1,6884
$1,688$2,4888
$2,488$3,66727
$3,667$5,40474
$5,404$7,96427
$7,964$11,73733

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,620
Median cash price$3,197
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.88×

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 $3,197.

Alaska: 2 hospitals 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: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNHWashington: 3 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $810 across 14 hospitalsIL$810Wisconsin: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $375 across 23 hospitalsMI$375New York: median $4,332 across 20 hospitalsNY$4,332Massachusetts: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $826 across 12 hospitalsOR$826Nevada: 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 $810 across 15 hospitalsIA$810Indiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $647 across 17 hospitalsOH$647Pennsylvania: median $2,145 across 17 hospitalsPA$2,145New Jersey: median $4,627 across 28 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 28 hospitalsCA$11,301Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $4,719 across 14 hospitalsVA$4,719Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: median $7,067 across 11 hospitalsAZ$7,067New 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: 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $345 across 12 hospitalsOK$345Louisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,197 across 24 hospitalsTX$3,197Florida: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,197. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA28$11,301+253%$4,917 – $11,301
Arizona AZ11$7,067+121%$4,349 – $7,067
Virginia VA14$4,719+48%$144 – $4,884
New Jersey NJ28$4,627+45%$4,052 – $8,494
New York NY20$4,332+36%$1,828 – $4,332
Texas TX24$3,1970%$1,707 – $3,985
Pennsylvania PA17$2,145−33%$136 – $6,898
Oregon OR12$826−74%$613 – $826
Iowa IA15$810−75%$810 – $810
Illinois IL14$810−75%$243 – $1,619
Ohio OH17$647−80%$523 – $4,418
Michigan MI23$375−88%$375 – $460
Oklahoma OK12$345−89%$345 – $345
Wisconsin WI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not 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
Indiana IN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $3,197.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care268$3,197$460 – $5,685
Children’s19fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access30$826$436 – $6,482
Ownership
For-profit41$3,197$436 – $7,067
Government32$1,001$512 – $4,332
Non-profit244$3,197$515 – $7,067
System affiliation
Part of a system272$3,620$515 – $7,067
Independent47$708$486 – $4,174

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,702
Median cash price$3,197
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

184 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,415 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,399; most fall between $383 and $6,709.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 184 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
$293$444$1,415$4,917$11,301

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 39× what the cheapest tenth charges ($293 vs $11,301).

Of the 206 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 184 gave a usable cash price; 17 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

319 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (8%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 356 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted319
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here30
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 — excluded6
Hospitals that filed this code356

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 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 Delay Flap/Sectioning Flap Trunk.

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, “Delay or division of a skin flap on the trunk (CPT 15600) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-15600-delay-or-division-of-a-skin-flap-on-the-trunk