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

Removal of excess lower belly skin and fat

CPT 15830the billing code this page is about

Surgical removal of the apron of excess skin and underlying fatty tissue below the navel, without repositioning the navel or tightening the abdominal muscles.

Hospitals typically charge $4,649 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 711 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $5,243. Most fall between $1,946 and $10,485 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
711
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 711 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
$1,391$2,163$4,649$9,130$19,172

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,391 vs $19,172).

How the prices are spread

$1,055 – $1,481: 49 hospitals$1,055$1,481 – $2,078: 75 hospitals$2,078 – $2,916: 108 hospitals$2,078$2,916 – $4,092: 66 hospitals$4,092 – $5,742: 53 hospitals$4,092$5,742 – $8,058: 96 hospitals$8,058 – $11,308: 93 hospitals$8,058$11,308 – $15,868: 42 hospitals$15,868 – $22,267: 31 hospitals$15,868$22,267 – $31,247: 28 hospitals$22,267median $4,649price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (641 of 711 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,055$1,48149
$1,481$2,07875
$2,078$2,916108
$2,916$4,09266
$4,092$5,74253
$5,742$8,05896
$8,058$11,30893
$11,308$15,86842
$15,868$22,26731
$22,267$31,24728

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$6,784
Median cash price$4,649
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.69×

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 $4,649.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $2,528 across 15 hospitalsWA$2,528Idaho: median $4,358 across 12 hospitalsID$4,358Montana: 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 $3,896 across 32 hospitalsMN$3,896Illinois: median $3,514 across 22 hospitalsIL$3,514Wisconsin: median $4,046 across 28 hospitalsWI$4,046Michigan: median $2,116 across 36 hospitalsMI$2,116New York: median $7,717 across 56 hospitalsNY$7,717Massachusetts: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $2,163 across 13 hospitalsOR$2,163Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 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 $2,899 across 34 hospitalsIA$2,899Indiana: median $2,876 across 17 hospitalsIN$2,876Ohio: median $6,945 across 32 hospitalsOH$6,945Pennsylvania: median $4,490 across 33 hospitalsPA$4,490New Jersey: median $7,127 across 31 hospitalsNJ$7,127Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $6,443 across 56 hospitalsCA$6,443Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: median $6,736 across 14 hospitalsCO$6,736Nebraska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $3,001 across 15 hospitalsMO$3,001Kentucky: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,948 across 20 hospitalsWV$1,948Virginia: median $1,382 across 11 hospitalsVA$1,382Maryland: 2 hospitals 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: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $2,255 across 15 hospitalsKS$2,255Arkansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $1,965 across 10 hospitalsTN$1,965North Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $2,452 across 13 hospitalsOK$2,452Louisiana: median $8,174 across 10 hospitalsLA$8,174Mississippi: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $5,926 across 12 hospitalsAL$5,926Georgia: median $7,906 across 14 hospitalsGA$7,906Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,774 across 35 hospitalsTX$5,774Florida: median $10,485 across 13 hospitalsFL$10,485
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,649. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL13$10,485+126%$4,449 – $32,799
Louisiana LA10$8,174+76%$2,100 – $11,775
Georgia GA14$7,906+70%$5,750 – $11,600
New York NY56$7,717+66%$2,668 – $9,188
New Jersey NJ31$7,127+53%$5,110 – $8,195
Ohio OH32$6,945+49%$2,402 – $45,974
Colorado CO14$6,736+45%$1,935 – $17,322
California CA56$6,443+39%$2,896 – $8,803
Alabama AL12$5,926+27%$3,317 – $14,794
Texas TX35$5,774+24%$5,093 – $10,173
Pennsylvania PA33$4,490−3%$792 – $12,289
Idaho ID12$4,358−6%$2,828 – $17,300
Wisconsin WI28$4,046−13%$1,690 – $9,043
Minnesota MN32$3,896−16%$1,985 – $6,495
Illinois IL22$3,514−24%$1,400 – $8,379
Missouri MO15$3,001−35%$1,777 – $15,528
Iowa IA34$2,899−38%$2,286 – $3,748
Indiana IN17$2,876−38%$1,400 – $14,109
Washington WA15$2,528−46%$2,163 – $14,495
Oklahoma OK13$2,452−47%$2,452 – $3,410
Kansas KS15$2,255−52%$1,373 – $6,255
Oregon OR13$2,163−53%$2,163 – $3,929
Michigan MI36$2,116−54%$2,116 – $9,130
Tennessee TN10$1,965−58%$1,055 – $12,515
West Virginia WV20$1,948−58%$1,218 – $10,356
Virginia VA11$1,382−70%$595 – $28,717
Kentucky KY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not 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 $4,649.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care547$6,260$2,116 – $12,201
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access154$2,513$1,690 – $6,495
Ownership
For-profit71$5,926$1,690 – $17,300
Government126$3,317$2,055 – $8,148
Non-profit513$5,093$1,946 – $10,268
System affiliation
Part of a system544$5,339$1,910 – $11,600
Independent167$3,374$2,060 – $8,908

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,927
Median cash price$4,649
Cash as a share of list, median hospital62%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 38%. 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

356 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,899 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,970; most fall between $1,666 and $8,803.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 356 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
$1,214$1,752$2,899$6,443$12,201

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,214 vs $12,201).

Of the 405 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 356 gave a usable cash price; 20 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 29 a list price only.

How complete is this

711 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (18%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 788 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted711
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here49
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded5
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded23
Hospitals that filed this code788

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 Other OR therapeutic procedures on skin and breast family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Exc Excsv Skn Abd Infraumbilical Panniculectomy.

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, “Removal of excess lower belly skin and fat (CPT 15830) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-15830-removal-of-excess-lower-belly-skin-and-fat