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Procedure price report · Excision of skin lesion

Removal of sit-bone pressure sore, closed with stitches

CPT 15940the billing code this page is about

Surgical cutting away of a pressure sore over the ischium, the bone you sit on, with the wound sewn directly closed and no bone removed.

Hospitals typically charge $2,323 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 315 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,460. Most fall between $1,047 and $4,649 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
315
States
45
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – 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 315 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
$841$1,165$2,323$4,305$7,765

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($841 vs $7,765).

How the prices are spread

$643 – $833: 16 hospitals$643$833 – $1,079: 36 hospitals$1,079 – $1,399: 40 hospitals$1,079$1,399 – $1,813: 35 hospitals$1,813 – $2,350: 18 hospitals$1,813$2,350 – $3,046: 31 hospitals$3,046 – $3,948: 35 hospitals$3,046$3,948 – $5,117: 35 hospitals$5,117 – $6,632: 17 hospitals$5,117$6,632 – $8,596: 30 hospitals$6,632median $2,323price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (293 of 315 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$643$83316
$833$1,07936
$1,079$1,39940
$1,399$1,81335
$1,813$2,35018
$2,350$3,04631
$3,046$3,94835
$3,948$5,11735
$5,117$6,63217
$6,632$8,59630

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,968
Median cash price$2,323
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.78×

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 $2,323.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital 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: 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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,341 across 14 hospitalsIL$1,341Wisconsin: median $2,369 across 15 hospitalsWI$2,369Michigan: median $1,034 across 14 hospitalsMI$1,034New York: median $3,387 across 25 hospitalsNY$3,387Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 3 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 $1,721 across 17 hospitalsIA$1,721Indiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,652 across 10 hospitalsOH$2,652Pennsylvania: median $840 across 19 hospitalsPA$840New Jersey: median $3,786 across 23 hospitalsNJ$3,786Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $8,596 across 25 hospitalsCA$8,596Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 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: 8 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: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,165 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,165Louisiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,305 across 21 hospitalsTX$4,305Florida: median $2,879 across 12 hospitalsFL$2,879
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,323. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA25$8,596+270%$1,740 – $8,596
Texas TX21$4,305+85%$2,745 – $4,305
New Jersey NJ23$3,786+63%$3,168 – $5,419
New York NY25$3,387+46%$1,444 – $3,448
Florida FL12$2,879+24%$2,652 – $10,914
Ohio OH10$2,652+14%$1,474 – $2,975
Wisconsin WI15$2,369+2%$1,673 – $6,114
Iowa IA17$1,721−26%$1,721 – $1,721
Illinois IL14$1,341−42%$977 – $1,721
Oklahoma OK13$1,165−50%$1,165 – $1,165
Michigan MI14$1,034−56%$1,028 – $3,994
Pennsylvania PA19$840−64%$440 – $4,839
Kansas KS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not 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 $2,323.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care246$2,653$1,116 – $4,676
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access59$1,627$977 – $4,305
Ownership
For-profit30$2,467$977 – $4,649
Government52$1,942$1,116 – $3,387
Non-profit232$2,369$1,050 – $5,110
System affiliation
Part of a system249$2,652$1,047 – $5,393
Independent66$1,650$1,062 – $2,829

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,404
Median cash price$2,323
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

188 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,721 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,272; most fall between $977 and $6,163.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 188 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
$779$1,141$1,721$4,305$8,596

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($779 vs $8,596).

Of the 217 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 188 gave a usable cash price; 13 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

315 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (8%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 357 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted315
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here33
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 — excluded8
Hospitals that filed this code357

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 Excision of skin lesion family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Exc Ischial 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 sit-bone pressure sore, closed with stitches (CPT 15940) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-15940-removal-of-sit-bone-pressure-sore-closed-with-stitches