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Procedure price report · Skin graft

Forehead flap with its blood supply kept intact

CPT 15731the billing code this page is about

Surgical transfer of a forehead skin and tissue flap, usually to rebuild the nose or nearby area, with the flap's feeding artery left attached.

Hospitals typically charge $3,801 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 534 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,068. Most fall between $1,890 and $7,322 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
534
States
48
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 534 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
$1,357$2,300$3,801$6,262$8,953

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,357 vs $8,953).

How the prices are spread

$937 – $1,201: 23 hospitals$937$1,201 – $1,541: 23 hospitals$1,541 – $1,977: 41 hospitals$1,541$1,977 – $2,536: 41 hospitals$2,536 – $3,253: 72 hospitals$2,536$3,253 – $4,173: 67 hospitals$4,173 – $5,354: 84 hospitals$4,173$5,354 – $6,868: 36 hospitals$6,868 – $8,810: 63 hospitals$6,868$8,810 – $11,301: 32 hospitals$8,810median $3,801price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (482 of 534 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$937$1,20123
$1,201$1,54123
$1,541$1,97741
$1,977$2,53641
$2,536$3,25372
$3,253$4,17367
$4,173$5,35484
$5,354$6,86836
$6,868$8,81063
$8,810$11,30132

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,620
Median cash price$3,801
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.05×

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 $3,801.

Alaska: 5 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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $6,130 across 15 hospitalsWA$6,130Idaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $4,309 across 21 hospitalsMN$4,309Illinois: median $2,084 across 15 hospitalsIL$2,084Wisconsin: median $3,492 across 29 hospitalsWI$3,492Michigan: median $1,862 across 31 hospitalsMI$1,862New York: median $4,332 across 31 hospitalsNY$4,332Massachusetts: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $2,724 across 20 hospitalsOR$2,724Nevada: 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 $2,767 across 20 hospitalsIA$2,767Indiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $3,739 across 13 hospitalsOH$3,739Pennsylvania: median $4,029 across 31 hospitalsPA$4,029New Jersey: median $4,627 across 31 hospitalsNJ$4,627Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $7,322 across 66 hospitalsCA$7,322Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $1,635 across 12 hospitalsMO$1,635Kentucky: 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: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 5 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 $1,835 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,835Louisiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $7,906 across 10 hospitalsGA$7,906Hawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,522 across 25 hospitalsTX$4,522Florida: median $7,923 across 18 hospitalsFL$7,923
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,801. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL18$7,923+108%$3,675 – $10,496
Georgia GA10$7,906+108%$859 – $7,906
California CA66$7,322+93%$3,684 – $11,301
Washington WA15$6,130+61%$2,438 – $7,090
New Jersey NJ31$4,627+22%$4,052 – $6,864
Texas TX25$4,522+19%$3,178 – $4,714
New York NY31$4,332+14%$2,908 – $5,220
Minnesota MN21$4,309+13%$2,409 – $5,659
Pennsylvania PA31$4,029+6%$670 – $5,112
Ohio OH13$3,739−2%$2,367 – $4,420
Wisconsin WI29$3,492−8%$2,950 – $8,953
Iowa IA20$2,767−27%$1,766 – $2,767
Oregon OR20$2,724−28%$2,057 – $7,343
Illinois IL15$2,084−45%$1,079 – $3,148
Michigan MI31$1,862−51%$1,357 – $4,873
Oklahoma OK13$1,835−52%$1,835 – $4,102
Missouri MO12$1,635−57%$1,412 – $4,189
Virginia VA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS7not 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
Kentucky KY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not 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 $3,801.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care439$4,052$1,957 – $7,322
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access85$2,950$1,766 – $5,659
Ownership
For-profit43$3,532$1,725 – $6,889
Government68$3,206$2,192 – $5,232
Non-profit422$4,001$1,903 – $7,322
System affiliation
Part of a system448$4,031$1,910 – $7,322
Independent86$2,890$1,790 – $5,693

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$5,296
Median cash price$3,801
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

317 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,395 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,732; most fall between $1,835 and $7,295.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 317 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
$1,123$2,057$3,395$6,262$7,906

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,123 vs $7,906).

Of the 343 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 317 gave a usable cash price; 12 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

534 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (13%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 574 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted534
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here20
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded16
Hospitals that filed this code574

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 Forehead Flap W/Preservation Vascular Pedicle.

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, “Forehead flap with its blood supply kept intact (CPT 15731) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-15731-forehead-flap-with-its-blood-supply-kept-intact