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Removal of a hip pressure sore with stitched closure

CPT 15950the billing code this page is about

Surgical removal of a pressure sore over the hip bone prominence, with the wound closed directly using sutures.

Hospitals typically charge $1,917 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 290 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,946. Most fall between $988 and $3,450 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
290
States
42
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 290 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
$723$1,042$1,917$2,828$4,998

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($723 vs $4,998).

How the prices are spread

$512 – $657: 9 hospitals$512$657 – $843: 20 hospitals$843 – $1,082: 34 hospitals$843$1,082 – $1,388: 18 hospitals$1,388 – $1,781: 36 hospitals$1,388$1,781 – $2,284: 55 hospitals$2,284 – $2,931: 33 hospitals$2,284$2,931 – $3,760: 15 hospitals$3,760 – $4,823: 22 hospitals$3,760$4,823 – $6,188: 30 hospitals$4,823median $1,917price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (272 of 290 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$512$6579
$657$84320
$843$1,08234
$1,082$1,38818
$1,388$1,78136
$1,781$2,28455
$2,284$2,93133
$2,931$3,76015
$3,760$4,82322
$4,823$6,18830

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,687
Median cash price$1,917
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.14×

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 $1,917.

Alaska: 1 hospital 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: 3 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,450 across 10 hospitalsMN$3,450Illinois: median $1,119 across 13 hospitalsIL$1,119Wisconsin: median $2,227 across 14 hospitalsWI$2,227Michigan: median $1,141 across 11 hospitalsMI$1,141New York: median $1,917 across 19 hospitalsNY$1,917Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,188 across 12 hospitalsOR$1,188Nevada: 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 $1,495 across 15 hospitalsIA$1,495Indiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,088 across 11 hospitalsOH$2,088Pennsylvania: median $483 across 18 hospitalsPA$483New Jersey: median $2,512 across 29 hospitalsNJ$2,512Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $6,188 across 24 hospitalsCA$6,188Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWVVirginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 6 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 $1,042 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,042Louisiana: 2 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: 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 $2,679 across 20 hospitalsTX$2,679Florida: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,917. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA24$6,188+223%$1,506 – $6,188
Minnesota MN10$3,450+80%$2,627 – $3,450
Texas TX20$2,679+40%$2,259 – $2,679
New Jersey NJ29$2,512+31%$1,795 – $5,339
Wisconsin WI14$2,227+16%$2,227 – $4,998
Ohio OH11$2,088+9%$1,767 – $2,277
New York NY19$1,9170%$1,687 – $1,960
Iowa IA15$1,495−22%$1,495 – $1,495
Oregon OR12$1,188−38%$1,177 – $1,539
Michigan MI11$1,141−40%$988 – $2,271
Illinois IL13$1,119−42%$736 – $1,924
Oklahoma OK13$1,042−46%$1,042 – $3,303
Pennsylvania PA18$483−75%$394 – $2,739
Florida FL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not 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
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not 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
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not 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 $1,917.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care232$1,917$987 – $3,489
Children’s7fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access51$2,080$1,078 – $3,450
Ownership
For-profit26$1,707$736 – $2,828
Government44$1,434$988 – $2,522
Non-profit220$1,986$1,042 – $3,786
System affiliation
Part of a system238$1,924$988 – $3,902
Independent52$1,506$947 – $2,364

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,104
Median cash price$1,917
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

156 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,495 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,885; most fall between $896 and $4,347.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 156 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
$723$1,005$1,495$2,739$6,188

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($723 vs $6,188).

Of the 172 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 156 gave a usable cash price; 8 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 8 a list price only.

How complete is this

290 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 — counted290
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 — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded3
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 5, 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 Trochanteric Pressure Ulcer W/Primary Sutr.

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 a hip pressure sore with stitched closure (CPT 15950) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-15950-removal-of-a-hip-pressure-sore-with-stitched-closure