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

Removal of excess skin and fat from another body area

CPT 15839the billing code this page is about

Surgical excision of hanging or excess skin and underlying fatty tissue from a body area not covered by the more specific codes.

Hospitals typically charge $2,944 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 752 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,006. Most fall between $1,388 and $5,793 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
752
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 752 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
$1,051$1,505$2,944$4,881$7,617

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,051 vs $7,617).

How the prices are spread

$767 – $1,002: 33 hospitals$767$1,002 – $1,309: 62 hospitals$1,309 – $1,710: 91 hospitals$1,309$1,710 – $2,233: 85 hospitals$2,233 – $2,917: 67 hospitals$2,233$2,917 – $3,810: 116 hospitals$3,810 – $4,977: 76 hospitals$3,810$4,977 – $6,500: 69 hospitals$6,500 – $8,490: 60 hospitals$6,500$8,490 – $11,089: 19 hospitals$8,490median $2,944price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (678 of 752 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$767$1,00233
$1,002$1,30962
$1,309$1,71091
$1,710$2,23385
$2,233$2,91767
$2,917$3,810116
$3,810$4,97776
$4,977$6,50069
$6,500$8,49060
$8,490$11,08919

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,968
Median cash price$2,944
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.99×

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 $2,944.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 6 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 $3,909 across 20 hospitalsWA$3,909Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,113 across 28 hospitalsMN$2,113Illinois: median $2,337 across 27 hospitalsIL$2,337Wisconsin: median $2,391 across 33 hospitalsWI$2,391Michigan: median $1,499 across 35 hospitalsMI$1,499New York: median $3,387 across 53 hospitalsNY$3,387Massachusetts: median $3,047 across 16 hospitalsMA$3,047Oregon: median $2,158 across 27 hospitalsOR$2,158Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,174 across 29 hospitalsIA$2,174Indiana: median $4,513 across 20 hospitalsIN$4,513Ohio: median $2,975 across 23 hospitalsOH$2,975Pennsylvania: median $2,969 across 30 hospitalsPA$2,969New Jersey: median $3,940 across 31 hospitalsNJ$3,940Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $4,144 across 74 hospitalsCA$4,144Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: median $2,174 across 16 hospitalsCO$2,174Nebraska: median $2,294 across 12 hospitalsNE$2,294Missouri: median $1,404 across 15 hospitalsMO$1,404Kentucky: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $3,170 across 20 hospitalsWV$3,170Virginia: median $1,408 across 13 hospitalsVA$1,408Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $1,224 across 13 hospitalsTN$1,224North Carolina: median $1,681 across 10 hospitalsNC$1,681South Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,455 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,455Louisiana: median $1,571 across 15 hospitalsLA$1,571Mississippi: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $7,906 across 15 hospitalsGA$7,906Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,163 across 33 hospitalsTX$3,163Florida: median $7,903 across 13 hospitalsFL$7,903
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,944. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA15$7,906+169%$2,193 – $7,906
Florida FL13$7,903+168%$2,730 – $9,433
Indiana IN20$4,513+53%$1,505 – $5,715
California CA74$4,144+41%$2,105 – $6,882
New Jersey NJ31$3,940+34%$3,171 – $5,419
Washington WA20$3,909+33%$1,643 – $5,991
New York NY53$3,387+15%$1,349 – $4,595
West Virginia WV20$3,170+8%$772 – $3,617
Texas TX33$3,163+7%$2,892 – $5,625
Massachusetts MA16$3,047+4%$1,676 – $4,252
Ohio OH23$2,975+1%$1,430 – $5,041
Pennsylvania PA30$2,969+1%$478 – $5,393
Wisconsin WI33$2,391−19%$1,934 – $6,064
Illinois IL27$2,337−21%$1,505 – $4,639
Nebraska NE12$2,294−22%$1,411 – $4,085
Iowa IA29$2,174−26%$1,555 – $2,194
Colorado CO16$2,174−26%$1,772 – $7,529
Oregon OR27$2,158−27%$1,643 – $5,831
Minnesota MN28$2,113−28%$1,510 – $3,518
North Carolina NC10$1,681−43%$1,367 – $3,248
Louisiana LA15$1,571−47%$1,137 – $2,115
Michigan MI35$1,499−49%$1,281 – $3,994
Oklahoma OK13$1,455−51%$1,455 – $3,679
Virginia VA13$1,408−52%$595 – $22,845
Missouri MO15$1,404−52%$1,254 – $3,451
Tennessee TN13$1,224−58%$777 – $3,632
Alabama AL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not 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 $2,944.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care570$3,163$1,455 – $5,859
Children’s13fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access168$2,113$1,143 – $4,474
Ownership
For-profit70$3,384$1,455 – $11,089
Government119$2,261$1,269 – $5,000
Non-profit562$2,999$1,404 – $5,629
System affiliation
Part of a system617$3,159$1,408 – $5,859
Independent135$2,310$1,322 – $4,509

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,915
Median cash price$2,944
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

425 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,391 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,662; most fall between $1,349 and $5,629.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 425 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
$1,054$1,455$2,391$4,444$6,882

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,054 vs $6,882).

Of the 462 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 425 gave a usable cash price; 21 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 16 a list price only.

How complete is this

752 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (19%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 820 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted752
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) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded17
Hospitals that filed this code820

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 Excision Excessive Skin & Subq Tissue Other Area.

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 skin and fat from another body area (CPT 15839) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-15839-removal-of-excess-skin-and-fat-from-another-body-area