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Procedure price report · Skin graft

Muscle or muscle-and-skin flap of the leg

CPT 15738the billing code this page is about

Reconstruction using a flap of muscle, muscle with overlying skin, or fascia with skin in the thigh, leg or foot region, moved on its own blood vessels.

Hospitals typically charge $3,736 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 554 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,916. Most fall between $2,002 and $7,343 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
554
States
48
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 554 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
$1,365$2,317$3,736$6,343$9,470

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,365 vs $9,470).

How the prices are spread

$921 – $1,199: 9 hospitals$921$1,199 – $1,561: 38 hospitals$1,561 – $2,032: 38 hospitals$1,561$2,032 – $2,646: 87 hospitals$2,646 – $3,444: 52 hospitals$2,646$3,444 – $4,485: 90 hospitals$4,485 – $5,839: 66 hospitals$4,485$5,839 – $7,602: 44 hospitals$7,602 – $9,897: 55 hospitals$7,602$9,897 – $12,886: 22 hospitals$9,897median $3,736price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (501 of 554 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$921$1,1999
$1,199$1,56138
$1,561$2,03238
$2,032$2,64687
$2,646$3,44452
$3,444$4,48590
$4,485$5,83966
$5,839$7,60244
$7,602$9,89755
$9,897$12,88622

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,620
Median cash price$3,736
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.03×

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 $3,736.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 6 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 $4,564 across 17 hospitalsWA$4,564Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $6,023 across 19 hospitalsMN$6,023Illinois: median $2,331 across 19 hospitalsIL$2,331Wisconsin: median $4,023 across 30 hospitalsWI$4,023Michigan: median $2,374 across 31 hospitalsMI$2,374New York: median $3,854 across 36 hospitalsNY$3,854Massachusetts: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $7,343 across 17 hospitalsOR$7,343Nevada: 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $3,198 across 20 hospitalsIA$3,198Indiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $4,691 across 22 hospitalsOH$4,691Pennsylvania: median $2,414 across 28 hospitalsPA$2,414New Jersey: median $4,627 across 32 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 $6,348 across 56 hospitalsCA$6,348Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $2,139 across 13 hospitalsMO$2,139Kentucky: 5 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 7 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 $1,808 across 14 hospitalsOK$1,808Louisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $7,906 across 10 hospitalsGA$7,906Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,634 across 30 hospitalsTX$4,634Florida: median $8,516 across 19 hospitalsFL$8,516
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,736. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL19$8,516+128%$5,446 – $10,861
Georgia GA10$7,906+112%$4,157 – $7,906
Oregon OR17$7,343+97%$2,317 – $7,652
California CA56$6,348+70%$3,148 – $9,470
Minnesota MN19$6,023+61%$2,566 – $7,911
Ohio OH22$4,691+26%$2,734 – $9,545
Texas TX30$4,634+24%$4,166 – $4,739
New Jersey NJ32$4,627+24%$4,052 – $5,741
Washington WA17$4,564+22%$2,291 – $6,796
Wisconsin WI30$4,023+8%$2,434 – $12,886
New York NY36$3,854+3%$1,809 – $4,332
Iowa IA20$3,198−14%$2,202 – $3,198
Pennsylvania PA28$2,414−35%$814 – $6,189
Michigan MI31$2,374−36%$2,039 – $2,434
Illinois IL19$2,331−38%$1,485 – $3,755
Missouri MO13$2,139−43%$1,834 – $4,165
Oklahoma OK14$1,808−52%$1,808 – $4,512
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not 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 $3,736.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care447$4,019$1,961 – $7,343
Children’s10fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access96$3,130$2,130 – $7,652
Ownership
For-profit54$3,590$1,764 – $9,298
Government86$3,286$2,107 – $7,295
Non-profit413$4,023$2,000 – $7,343
System affiliation
Part of a system436$4,165$2,008 – $7,906
Independent118$2,836$2,002 – $4,634

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,566
Median cash price$3,736
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

340 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,198 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,455; most fall between $1,808 and $6,796.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 340 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
$1,308$1,955$3,198$5,685$8,930

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,308 vs $8,930).

Of the 372 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 340 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 15 a list price only.

How complete is this

554 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 621 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted554
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here46
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded3
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded18
Hospitals that filed this code621

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 PR Muscle-Skin Flap,Leg.

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 leg (CPT 15738) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-15738-muscle-or-muscle-and-skin-flap-of-the-leg