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Procedure price report · Skin graft

Muscle or muscle-and-skin flap of the arm

CPT 15736the billing code this page is about

Reconstruction using a flap of muscle, muscle with overlying skin, or fascia with skin in the upper arm or forearm, moved on its own blood vessels.

Hospitals typically charge $2,974 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 476 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,280. Most fall between $1,992 and $5,415 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
476
States
44
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 476 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
$1,405$2,083$2,974$4,938$6,644

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 4.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,405 vs $6,644).

How the prices are spread

$1,073 – $1,329: 24 hospitals$1,073$1,329 – $1,644: 22 hospitals$1,644 – $2,035: 45 hospitals$1,644$2,035 – $2,519: 71 hospitals$2,519 – $3,118: 88 hospitals$2,519$3,118 – $3,859: 38 hospitals$3,859 – $4,776: 44 hospitals$3,859$4,776 – $5,912: 48 hospitals$5,912 – $7,317: 30 hospitals$5,912$7,317 – $9,056: 20 hospitals$7,317median $2,974price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (430 of 476 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,073$1,32924
$1,329$1,64422
$1,644$2,03545
$2,035$2,51971
$2,519$3,11888
$3,118$3,85938
$3,859$4,77644
$4,776$5,91248
$5,912$7,31730
$7,317$9,05620

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,108
Median cash price$2,974
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.41×

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 $2,974.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: median $2,988 across 11 hospitalsID$2,988Montana: 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: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $2,195 across 21 hospitalsIL$2,195Wisconsin: median $6,644 across 22 hospitalsWI$6,644Michigan: median $1,900 across 27 hospitalsMI$1,900New York: median $2,576 across 42 hospitalsNY$2,576Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $2,914 across 12 hospitalsOR$2,914Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $3,014 across 17 hospitalsIA$3,014Indiana: median $2,117 across 19 hospitalsIN$2,117Ohio: median $4,430 across 15 hospitalsOH$4,430Pennsylvania: median $1,413 across 23 hospitalsPA$1,413New Jersey: median $2,162 across 32 hospitalsNJ$2,162Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $5,002 across 50 hospitalsCA$5,002Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $2,896 across 10 hospitalsVA$2,896Maryland: 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: 6 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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,992 across 14 hospitalsOK$1,992Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $7,906 across 11 hospitalsGA$7,906Hawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,974 across 25 hospitalsTX$2,974Florida: median $5,710 across 19 hospitalsFL$5,710
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,974. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA11$7,906+166%$5,489 – $7,906
Wisconsin WI22$6,644+123%$3,828 – $6,644
Florida FL19$5,710+92%$4,182 – $8,513
California CA50$5,002+68%$3,107 – $5,415
Ohio OH15$4,430+49%$2,150 – $4,513
Iowa IA17$3,014+1%$2,723 – $3,014
Idaho ID11$2,9880%$2,500 – $2,988
Texas TX25$2,9740%$2,974 – $3,707
Oregon OR12$2,914−2%$2,235 – $2,914
Virginia VA10$2,896−3%$806 – $2,896
New York NY42$2,576−13%$2,165 – $4,595
Illinois IL21$2,195−26%$1,327 – $2,733
New Jersey NJ32$2,162−27%$2,026 – $5,110
Indiana IN19$2,117−29%$1,254 – $2,861
Oklahoma OK14$1,992−33%$1,992 – $3,729
Michigan MI27$1,900−36%$1,405 – $2,837
Pennsylvania PA23$1,413−52%$750 – $3,447
Missouri MO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not 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
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not 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 $2,974.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care388$2,974$1,992 – $5,184
Children’s20$7,386$2,926 – $9,240
Critical access67$2,974$1,800 – $4,612
Ownership
For-profit51$2,974$1,771 – $5,953
Government65$2,723$1,900 – $6,068
Non-profit359$2,974$1,992 – $5,415
System affiliation
Part of a system386$3,014$1,992 – $5,415
Independent90$2,500$1,756 – $3,643

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,463
Median cash price$2,974
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

254 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,988 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,368; most fall between $1,830 and $5,415.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 254 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
$1,254$1,992$2,988$5,002$6,644

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,254 vs $6,644).

Of the 279 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 254 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 8 a list price only.

How complete is this

476 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (12%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 538 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted476
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here42
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 code538

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 Musc Myocutaneous/Fasciocutaneous Flap Uxtr.

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, “Muscle or muscle-and-skin flap of the arm (CPT 15736) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-15736-muscle-or-muscle-and-skin-flap-of-the-arm