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Procedure price report · Excision of skin lesion

Removal of tailbone pressure sore, closed with stitches

CPT 15931the billing code this page is about

Surgical cutting away of a pressure sore over the sacrum (lower back above the buttocks), with the wound sewn directly closed and no bone removed.

Hospitals typically charge $2,090 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 378 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,368. Most fall between $1,038 and $4,444 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
378
States
43
Filings dated
Jan 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 378 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
$762$1,156$2,090$4,141$6,188

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($762 vs $6,188).

How the prices are spread

$635 – $802: 26 hospitals$635$802 – $1,013: 30 hospitals$1,013 – $1,280: 39 hospitals$1,013$1,280 – $1,616: 25 hospitals$1,616 – $2,042: 50 hospitals$1,616$2,042 – $2,579: 27 hospitals$2,579 – $3,258: 31 hospitals$2,579$3,258 – $4,115: 37 hospitals$4,115 – $5,198: 40 hospitals$4,115$5,198 – $6,566: 39 hospitals$5,198median $2,090price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (344 of 378 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$635$80226
$802$1,01330
$1,013$1,28039
$1,280$1,61625
$1,616$2,04250
$2,042$2,57927
$2,579$3,25831
$3,258$4,11537
$4,115$5,19840
$5,198$6,56639

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,968
Median cash price$2,090
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.70×

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 $2,090.

Alaska: 3 hospitals 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: 4 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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,302 across 13 hospitalsIL$1,302Wisconsin: median $1,895 across 22 hospitalsWI$1,895Michigan: median $1,327 across 16 hospitalsMI$1,327New York: median $3,387 across 31 hospitalsNY$3,387Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,685 across 14 hospitalsOR$1,685Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 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 $1,706 across 21 hospitalsIA$1,706Indiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,626 across 18 hospitalsOH$2,626Pennsylvania: median $4,191 across 27 hospitalsPA$4,191New Jersey: median $3,754 across 30 hospitalsNJ$3,754Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $6,188 across 26 hospitalsCA$6,188Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 9 hospitals 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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,124 across 10 hospitalsKS$1,124Arkansas: 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: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,156 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,156Louisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,141 across 22 hospitalsTX$4,141Florida: median $2,873 across 11 hospitalsFL$2,873
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,090. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA26$6,188+196%$2,034 – $6,188
Pennsylvania PA27$4,191+100%$457 – $7,921
Texas TX22$4,141+98%$2,745 – $4,141
New Jersey NJ30$3,754+80%$3,128 – $5,419
New York NY31$3,387+62%$1,248 – $3,626
Florida FL11$2,873+37%$2,618 – $5,568
Ohio OH18$2,626+26%$2,618 – $4,688
Wisconsin WI22$1,895−9%$1,895 – $2,414
Iowa IA21$1,706−18%$1,358 – $1,706
Oregon OR14$1,685−19%$1,302 – $1,685
Michigan MI16$1,327−37%$967 – $3,994
Illinois IL13$1,302−38%$884 – $1,924
Oklahoma OK13$1,156−45%$1,156 – $1,156
Kansas KS10$1,124−46%$591 – $2,467
West Virginia WV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $2,090.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care288$2,618$1,111 – $4,688
Children’s7fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access82$1,685$884 – $2,414
Ownership
For-profit32$2,467$884 – $4,649
Government58$1,754$1,139 – $3,387
Non-profit287$2,143$1,038 – $4,627
System affiliation
Part of a system306$2,165$1,066 – $4,688
Independent72$1,685$1,021 – $3,126

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,417
Median cash price$2,090
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

236 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,895 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,370; most fall between $1,021 and $5,820.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 236 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
$842$1,156$1,895$4,428$6,566

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($842 vs $6,566).

Of the 257 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 236 gave a usable cash price; 10 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 11 a list price only.

How complete is this

378 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (10%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 412 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted378
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here30
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 code412

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 Excision of skin lesion family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Excision Sacral Pressure Ulcer W/Primary Suture.

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 tailbone pressure sore, closed with stitches (CPT 15931) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-15931-removal-of-tailbone-pressure-sore-closed-with-stitches