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Procedure price report · Skin graft

Delay or division of a skin flap on scalp, arm or leg

CPT 15610the billing code this page is about

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

Hospitals typically charge $2,025 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 279 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,033. Most fall between $504 and $4,055 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
279
States
43
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 279 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
$363$599$2,025$3,827$6,588

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 18× what the cheapest tenth charges ($363 vs $6,588).

How the prices are spread

$256 – $365: 15 hospitals$256$365 – $521: 30 hospitals$521 – $744: 37 hospitals$521$744 – $1,061: 24 hospitals$1,061 – $1,513: 11 hospitals$1,061$1,513 – $2,158: 20 hospitals$2,158 – $3,078: 39 hospitals$2,158$3,078 – $4,390: 44 hospitals$4,390 – $6,262: 13 hospitals$4,390$6,262 – $8,932: 32 hospitals$6,262median $2,025price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (265 of 279 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$256$36515
$365$52130
$521$74437
$744$1,06124
$1,061$1,51311
$1,513$2,15820
$2,158$3,07839
$3,078$4,39044
$4,390$6,26213
$6,262$8,93232

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,108
Median cash price$2,025
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.96×

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 $2,025.

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: 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $599 across 13 hospitalsIL$599Wisconsin: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $504 across 12 hospitalsMI$504New York: median $2,165 across 22 hospitalsNY$2,165Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 7 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 $880 across 17 hospitalsIA$880Indiana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceINOhio: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: median $186 across 18 hospitalsPA$186New Jersey: median $3,661 across 30 hospitalsNJ$3,661Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $8,932 across 23 hospitalsCA$8,932Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 2 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 $398 across 12 hospitalsOK$398Louisiana: 2 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: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,055 across 24 hospitalsTX$4,055Florida: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,025. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA23$8,932+341%$8,932 – $8,932
Texas TX24$4,055+100%$1,707 – $4,055
New Jersey NJ30$3,661+81%$2,025 – $5,339
New York NY22$2,165+7%$858 – $2,449
Iowa IA17$880−57%$678 – $880
Illinois IL13$599−70%$265 – $880
Michigan MI12$504−75%$480 – $2,837
Oklahoma OK12$398−80%$398 – $398
Pennsylvania PA18$186−91%$152 – $3,093
Ohio OH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not 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
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not 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
West Virginia WV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA1not 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 $2,025.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care244$2,026$504 – $4,055
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access26$2,988$572 – $3,827
Ownership
For-profit32$1,885$448 – $4,019
Government40$990$504 – $2,165
Non-profit207$2,145$532 – $4,055
System affiliation
Part of a system231$2,154$532 – $4,055
Independent48$724$446 – $2,635

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,732
Median cash price$2,025
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

161 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,045 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,804; most fall between $441 and $4,055.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 161 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
$381$504$1,045$4,055$8,932

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 23× what the cheapest tenth charges ($381 vs $8,932).

Of the 181 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 161 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 10 a list price only.

How complete is this

279 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 304 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted279
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here16
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 — excluded8
Hospitals that filed this code304

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 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.

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 scalp, arm or leg (CPT 15610) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-15610-delay-or-division-of-a-skin-flap-on-scalp-arm-or-leg