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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures on skin and breast

Sanding of skin lesions, each additional group of up to 4

CPT 15787the billing code this page is about

Mechanical abrasion of more skin lesions after the first one; one unit covers each additional set of four lesions or fewer treated in the same session.

Hospitals typically charge $104 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 235 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $164. Most fall between $29 and $392 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
235
States
39
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 235 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
$21$44$104$313$937

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 44× what the cheapest tenth charges ($21 vs $937).

How the prices are spread

$17 – $30: 36 hospitals$17$30 – $51: 15 hospitals$51 – $88: 37 hospitals$51$88 – $151: 44 hospitals$151 – $261: 28 hospitals$151$261 – $450: 34 hospitals$450 – $777: 5 hospitals$450$777 – $1,340: 9 hospitals$1,340 – $2,311: 0 hospitals$1,340$2,311 – $3,986: 5 hospitals$2,311median $104price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (213 of 235 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$17$3036
$30$5115
$51$8837
$88$15144
$151$26128
$261$45034
$450$7775
$777$1,3409
$1,340$2,3110
$2,311$3,9865

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $104.

Alaska: 1 hospital 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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMNIllinois: median $33 across 16 hospitalsIL$33Wisconsin: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMINew York: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNYMassachusetts: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $55 across 10 hospitalsOR$55Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $100 across 14 hospitalsIA$100Indiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $77 across 11 hospitalsOH$77Pennsylvania: median $12 across 15 hospitalsPA$12New Jersey: median $5,110 across 12 hospitalsNJ$5,110Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $392 across 35 hospitalsCA$392Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWVVirginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 5 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: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSCOklahoma: median $28 across 12 hospitalsOK$28Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $245 across 19 hospitalsTX$245Florida: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $104. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ12$5,110+4795%$4,350 – $5,855
California CA35$392+275%$137 – $412
Texas TX19$245+135%$245 – $245
Iowa IA14$100−4%$100 – $100
Ohio OH11$77−27%$27 – $110
Oregon OR10$55−48%$55 – $74
Illinois IL16$33−68%$29 – $131
Oklahoma OK12$28−73%$28 – $28
Pennsylvania PA15$12−88%$11 – $123
Florida FL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Michigan MI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New York NY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI1not 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 $104.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care208$110$29 – $392
Children’s7fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access20$74$29 – $132
Ownership
For-profit21$112$29 – $387
Government36$87$44 – $230
Non-profit178$105$28 – $392
System affiliation
Part of a system182$105$29 – $392
Independent53$88$33 – $319

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$161
Median cash price$104
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

162 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $113 and the average of the middle 60% is $192; most fall between $36 and $392.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 162 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
$28$48$113$352$812

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 29× what the cheapest tenth charges ($28 vs $812).

Of the 190 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 162 gave a usable cash price; 8 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 20 a list price only.

How complete is this

235 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (6%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 295 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted235
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here24
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded36
Hospitals that filed this code295

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • 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 5, 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 Other OR therapeutic procedures on skin and breast family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Abrasion Each Additional 4 Lesions or Less.

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, “Sanding of skin lesions, each additional group of up to 4 (CPT 15787) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-15787-sanding-of-skin-lesions-each-additional-group-of-up-to-4