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Procedure price report · Partial excision bone

Sit-bone pressure sore and bone removal, prepped for flap

CPT 15946the billing code this page is about

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

Hospitals typically charge $3,388 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 310 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,418. Most fall between $2,124 and $5,207 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
310
States
41
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 310 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
$1,663$2,165$3,388$4,627$5,541

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 3.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,663 vs $5,541).

How the prices are spread

$1,094 – $1,313: 5 hospitals$1,094$1,313 – $1,577: 9 hospitals$1,577 – $1,893: 8 hospitals$1,577$1,893 – $2,273: 45 hospitals$2,273 – $2,730: 24 hospitals$2,273$2,730 – $3,278: 40 hospitals$3,278 – $3,936: 43 hospitals$3,278$3,936 – $4,726: 45 hospitals$4,726 – $5,675: 45 hospitals$4,726$5,675 – $6,814: 16 hospitals$5,675median $3,388price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (280 of 310 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,094$1,3135
$1,313$1,5779
$1,577$1,8938
$1,893$2,27345
$2,273$2,73024
$2,730$3,27840
$3,278$3,93643
$3,936$4,72645
$4,726$5,67545
$5,675$6,81416

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,108
Median cash price$3,388
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.61×

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 $3,388.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 2 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: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $2,501 across 13 hospitalsIL$2,501Wisconsin: median $4,426 across 22 hospitalsWI$4,426Michigan: median $2,837 across 15 hospitalsMI$2,837New York: median $2,165 across 22 hospitalsNY$2,165Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 5 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 $4,018 across 16 hospitalsIA$4,018Indiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $6,001 across 13 hospitalsOH$6,001Pennsylvania: median $1,214 across 18 hospitalsPA$1,214New 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 $5,505 across 26 hospitalsCA$5,505Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 1 hospital 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: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $5,253 across 13 hospitalsVA$5,253Maryland: 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: 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 $3,388 across 12 hospitalsOK$3,388Louisiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $3,697 across 24 hospitalsTX$3,697Florida: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,388. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Ohio OH13$6,001+77%$2,491 – $6,271
California CA26$5,505+62%$4,065 – $5,505
Virginia VA13$5,253+55%$1,078 – $5,253
Wisconsin WI22$4,426+31%$3,646 – $4,426
Iowa IA16$4,018+19%$4,018 – $4,018
New Jersey NJ24$3,986+18%$2,025 – $5,741
Texas TX24$3,697+9%$3,380 – $4,726
Oklahoma OK12$3,3880%$3,388 – $3,388
Michigan MI15$2,837−16%$2,126 – $3,193
Illinois IL13$2,501−26%$1,958 – $3,178
New York NY22$2,165−36%$2,165 – $2,658
Pennsylvania PA18$1,214−64%$989 – $3,093
Florida FL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not 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
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not 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 $3,388.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care259$3,388$2,088 – $5,253
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access42$3,646$2,298 – $4,426
Ownership
For-profit33$2,762$1,958 – $4,426
Government43$2,962$2,165 – $5,192
Non-profit234$3,646$2,145 – $5,253
System affiliation
Part of a system254$3,646$2,108 – $5,253
Independent56$2,916$2,150 – $4,710

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$5,066
Median cash price$3,388
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

206 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,697 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,710; most fall between $2,134 and $5,253.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 206 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
$1,684$2,658$3,697$4,857$5,505

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 3.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,684 vs $5,505).

Of the 234 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 206 gave a usable cash price; 14 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 14 a list price only.

How complete is this

310 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 352 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted310
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here35
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 — excluded6
Hospitals that filed this code352

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 Partial excision bone family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Exc Ischial PR Ulcer W/Ostc Musc/Myoq Flap/Skin.

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, “Sit-bone pressure sore and bone removal, prepped for flap (CPT 15946) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-15946-sit-bone-pressure-sore-and-bone-removal-prepped-for-flap