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

Dye injection to check blood flow in a flap or graft

CPT 15860the billing code this page is about

An injection of a dye into a vein during surgery so the surgeon can see whether blood is flowing through a skin flap or graft.

Hospitals typically charge $424 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 417 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $426. Most fall between $175 and $905 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
417
States
44
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 417 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
$132$196$424$711$4,831

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 37× what the cheapest tenth charges ($132 vs $4,831).

How the prices are spread

$85 – $150: 35 hospitals$85$150 – $265: 89 hospitals$265 – $470: 90 hospitals$265$470 – $833: 93 hospitals$833 – $1,475: 33 hospitals$833$1,475 – $2,613: 6 hospitals$2,613 – $4,628: 5 hospitals$2,613$4,628 – $8,199: 20 hospitals$8,199 – $14,525: 4 hospitals$8,199$14,525 – $25,731: 2 hospitals$14,525median $424price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (377 of 417 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$85$15035
$150$26589
$265$47090
$470$83393
$833$1,47533
$1,475$2,6136
$2,613$4,6285
$4,628$8,19920
$8,199$14,5254
$14,525$25,7312

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$456
Median cash price$424
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.93×

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 $424.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $697 across 18 hospitalsMN$697Illinois: median $194 across 14 hospitalsIL$194Wisconsin: median $424 across 28 hospitalsWI$424Michigan: median $316 across 30 hospitalsMI$316New York: median $472 across 23 hospitalsNY$472Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 6 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: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $268 across 20 hospitalsIA$268Indiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $482 across 15 hospitalsOH$482Pennsylvania: median $468 across 25 hospitalsPA$468New Jersey: median $4,627 across 28 hospitalsNJ$4,627Connecticut: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $476 across 30 hospitalsCA$476Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $846 across 18 hospitalsVA$846Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital 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: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $175 across 13 hospitalsOK$175Louisiana: 7 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: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $347 across 22 hospitalsTX$347Florida: median $572 across 10 hospitalsFL$572
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $424. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ28$4,627+992%$442 – $6,839
Virginia VA18$846+100%$132 – $905
Minnesota MN18$697+64%$262 – $711
Florida FL10$572+35%$401 – $10,495
Ohio OH15$482+14%$165 – $507
California CA30$476+12%$476 – $924
New York NY23$472+11%$323 – $530
Pennsylvania PA25$468+10%$69 – $859
Wisconsin WI28$4240%$215 – $824
Texas TX22$347−18%$197 – $547
Michigan MI30$316−26%$190 – $614
Iowa IA20$268−37%$240 – $335
Illinois IL14$194−54%$158 – $830
Oklahoma OK13$175−59%$175 – $175
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not 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 $424.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care346$424$175 – $905
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access61$424$205 – $824
Ownership
For-profit36$196$137 – $656
Government44$335$190 – $809
Non-profit335$427$190 – $905
System affiliation
Part of a system355$442$178 – $905
Independent62$240$136 – $809

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$553
Median cash price$424
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

248 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $306 and the average of the middle 60% is $313; most fall between $158 and $572.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 248 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
$111$175$306$476$905

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($111 vs $905).

Of the 270 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 248 gave a usable cash price; 16 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 6 a list price only.

How complete is this

417 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (11%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 451 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted417
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) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded4
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded5
Hospitals that filed this code451

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 non-OR therapeutic procedures on skin and breast family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as IV Injection Test Vascular Flow Flap/Graft.

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, “Dye injection to check blood flow in a flap or graft (CPT 15860) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-15860-dye-injection-to-check-blood-flow-in-a-flap-or-graft