HRHospitalRates.comCompare prices

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

Removal of excess skin and fat from the forearm or hand

CPT 15837the billing code this page is about

Surgical excision of hanging or excess skin and the fatty tissue beneath it from the forearm or hand.

Hospitals typically charge $2,441 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 278 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,634. Most fall between $1,246 and $4,808 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
278
States
39
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 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 278 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
$846$1,300$2,441$3,994$5,339

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($846 vs $5,339).

How the prices are spread

$602 – $768: 13 hospitals$602$768 – $980: 8 hospitals$980 – $1,251: 30 hospitals$980$1,251 – $1,597: 19 hospitals$1,597 – $2,038: 25 hospitals$1,597$2,038 – $2,602: 43 hospitals$2,602 – $3,321: 20 hospitals$2,602$3,321 – $4,239: 43 hospitals$4,239 – $5,410: 39 hospitals$4,239$5,410 – $6,905: 16 hospitals$5,410median $2,441price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (256 of 278 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$602$76813
$768$9808
$980$1,25130
$1,251$1,59719
$1,597$2,03825
$2,038$2,60243
$2,602$3,32120
$3,321$4,23943
$4,239$5,41039
$5,410$6,90516

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,968
Median cash price$2,441
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.82×

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 $2,441.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,290 across 11 hospitalsIL$1,290Wisconsin: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $1,246 across 17 hospitalsMI$1,246New York: median $3,387 across 23 hospitalsNY$3,387Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 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: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,130 across 16 hospitalsIA$2,130Indiana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceINOhio: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: median $1,316 across 20 hospitalsPA$1,316New Jersey: median $3,786 across 29 hospitalsNJ$3,786Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $5,124 across 24 hospitalsCA$5,124Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 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: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,173 across 12 hospitalsOK$1,173Louisiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $2,441 across 22 hospitalsTX$2,441Florida: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,441. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA24$5,124+110%$3,178 – $5,124
New Jersey NJ29$3,786+55%$3,168 – $5,419
New York NY23$3,387+39%$1,860 – $3,448
Texas TX22$2,4410%$2,441 – $2,441
Iowa IA16$2,130−13%$2,130 – $2,130
Pennsylvania PA20$1,316−46%$444 – $4,444
Illinois IL11$1,290−47%$654 – $1,898
Michigan MI17$1,246−49%$1,246 – $3,994
Oklahoma OK12$1,173−52%$1,173 – $1,173
Louisiana LA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not 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
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV1not 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 $2,441.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care238$2,441$1,246 – $4,839
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access31$2,441$1,306 – $4,808
Ownership
For-profit27$2,441$745 – $5,033
Government37$2,300$1,286 – $3,387
Non-profit214$2,441$1,246 – $4,839
System affiliation
Part of a system228$2,519$1,246 – $4,881
Independent50$1,766$1,285 – $2,982

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,753
Median cash price$2,441
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

143 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,130 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,722; most fall between $1,173 and $5,124.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 143 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
$861$1,289$2,130$4,784$5,393

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($861 vs $5,393).

Of the 157 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 143 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 2 a list price only.

How complete is this

278 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (7%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 299 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted278
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here17
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded3
Hospitals that filed this code299

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 23, 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 Other OR therapeutic procedures on skin and breast family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Exc Excessive Skin &Subq Tissue Forearm/Hand.

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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Removal of excess skin and fat from the forearm or hand (CPT 15837) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-15837-removal-of-excess-skin-and-fat-from-the-forearm-or-hand