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Procedure price report · Partial excision bone

Tailbone pressure sore removal, bone trim, graft prep

CPT 15937the billing code this page is about

Surgical removal of a pressure sore over the sacrum with shaving of underlying bone, leaving the site prepared for later closure with a muscle flap or skin graft.

Hospitals typically charge $2,568 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 294 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,673. Most fall between $1,684 and $3,936 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
294
States
40
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 294 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
$1,267$1,806$2,568$3,921$5,606

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 4.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,267 vs $5,606).

How the prices are spread

$940 – $1,128: 10 hospitals$940$1,128 – $1,354: 14 hospitals$1,354 – $1,625: 18 hospitals$1,354$1,625 – $1,950: 29 hospitals$1,950 – $2,341: 43 hospitals$1,950$2,341 – $2,809: 38 hospitals$2,809 – $3,372: 36 hospitals$2,809$3,372 – $4,047: 41 hospitals$4,047 – $4,858: 7 hospitals$4,047$4,858 – $5,831: 30 hospitals$4,858median $2,568price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (266 of 294 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$940$1,12810
$1,128$1,35414
$1,354$1,62518
$1,625$1,95029
$1,950$2,34143
$2,341$2,80938
$2,809$3,37236
$3,372$4,04741
$4,047$4,8587
$4,858$5,83130

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,108
Median cash price$2,568
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.22×

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 $2,568.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 5 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: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,902 across 12 hospitalsIL$1,902Wisconsin: median $3,921 across 20 hospitalsWI$3,921Michigan: median $2,025 across 16 hospitalsMI$2,025New York: median $2,165 across 25 hospitalsNY$2,165Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $1,806 across 10 hospitalsOR$1,806Nevada: 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 $2,568 across 16 hospitalsIA$2,568Indiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,573 across 12 hospitalsOH$2,573Pennsylvania: median $746 across 18 hospitalsPA$746New Jersey: median $3,986 across 24 hospitalsNJ$3,986Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $5,606 across 22 hospitalsCA$5,606Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 3 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 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 $2,187 across 13 hospitalsOK$2,187Louisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $2,985 across 21 hospitalsTX$2,985Florida: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,568. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA22$5,606+118%$5,606 – $5,606
New Jersey NJ24$3,986+55%$2,025 – $5,831
Wisconsin WI20$3,921+53%$3,609 – $3,921
Texas TX21$2,985+16%$2,985 – $2,985
Ohio OH12$2,5730%$2,203 – $3,936
Iowa IA16$2,5680%$2,568 – $2,568
Oklahoma OK13$2,187−15%$2,187 – $2,187
New York NY25$2,165−16%$1,427 – $2,449
Michigan MI16$2,025−21%$1,736 – $3,921
Illinois IL12$1,902−26%$1,267 – $2,517
Oregon OR10$1,806−30%$1,806 – $2,505
Pennsylvania PA18$746−71%$608 – $3,093
Florida FL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not 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 $2,568.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care241$2,531$1,684 – $3,986
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access45$2,988$1,736 – $3,921
Ownership
For-profit31$2,841$1,267 – $3,921
Government39$2,165$1,736 – $4,805
Non-profit224$2,568$1,684 – $3,936
System affiliation
Part of a system248$2,568$1,688 – $4,019
Independent46$2,189$1,658 – $3,012

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,381
Median cash price$2,568
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

187 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,568 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,684; most fall between $1,568 and $4,192.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 187 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
$1,267$1,777$2,568$3,921$5,606

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 4.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,267 vs $5,606).

Of the 211 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 187 gave a usable cash price; 15 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 9 a list price only.

How complete is this

294 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 318 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted294
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here21
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 — excluded2
Hospitals that filed this code318

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 Partial excision bone family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Exc Sac PR Ulc Prepj Musc/Myoq Flap/Skn Grf Ostc.

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, “Tailbone pressure sore removal, bone trim, graft prep (CPT 15937) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-15937-tailbone-pressure-sore-removal-bone-trim-graft-prep