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Procedure price report · Other OR gastrointestinal therapeutic procedures

Removal of the fatty apron of tissue in the abdomen

CPT 49255the billing code this page is about

Surgery to remove all or part of the omentum, the fatty tissue layer draping over the abdominal organs, billed when done as a procedure by itself.

Hospitals typically charge $1,889 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 467 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,122. Most fall between $1,043 and $4,120 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
467
States
48
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – 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 467 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
$800$1,151$1,889$3,986$6,839

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($800 vs $6,839).

How the prices are spread

$452 – $608: 11 hospitals$452$608 – $820: 18 hospitals$820 – $1,104: 58 hospitals$820$1,104 – $1,488: 77 hospitals$1,488 – $2,005: 72 hospitals$1,488$2,005 – $2,701: 51 hospitals$2,701 – $3,639: 31 hospitals$2,701$3,639 – $4,903: 47 hospitals$4,903 – $6,606: 25 hospitals$4,903$6,606 – $8,901: 31 hospitals$6,606median $1,889price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (421 of 467 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$452$60811
$608$82018
$820$1,10458
$1,104$1,48877
$1,488$2,00572
$2,005$2,70151
$2,701$3,63931
$3,639$4,90347
$4,903$6,60625
$6,606$8,90131

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$6,614
Median cash price$1,889
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.29×

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 $1,889.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,520 across 16 hospitalsWA$1,520Idaho: median $5,288 across 10 hospitalsID$5,288Montana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,081 across 19 hospitalsMN$3,081Illinois: median $1,541 across 26 hospitalsIL$1,541Wisconsin: median $4,110 across 24 hospitalsWI$4,110Michigan: median $1,452 across 32 hospitalsMI$1,452New York: median $1,323 across 30 hospitalsNY$1,323Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $1,889 across 18 hospitalsOR$1,889Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,942 across 26 hospitalsIA$1,942Indiana: median $913 across 13 hospitalsIN$913Ohio: median $1,954 across 13 hospitalsOH$1,954Pennsylvania: median $278 across 20 hospitalsPA$278New Jersey: median $5,110 across 22 hospitalsNJ$5,110Connecticut: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $1,660 across 17 hospitalsCA$1,660Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $871 across 12 hospitalsWV$871Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,128 across 12 hospitalsKS$1,128Arkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 4 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 $1,095 across 11 hospitalsOK$1,095Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,461 across 12 hospitalsTX$2,461Florida: median $3,266 across 10 hospitalsFL$3,266
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,889. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Idaho ID10$5,288+180%$1,580 – $8,630
New Jersey NJ22$5,110+171%$4,350 – $6,718
Wisconsin WI24$4,110+118%$3,780 – $4,997
Florida FL10$3,266+73%$964 – $27,390
Minnesota MN19$3,081+63%$1,658 – $4,047
Texas TX12$2,461+30%$1,676 – $7,192
Ohio OH13$1,954+3%$1,209 – $3,266
Iowa IA26$1,942+3%$1,375 – $1,942
Oregon OR18$1,8890%$1,461 – $2,308
California CA17$1,660−12%$937 – $2,240
Illinois IL26$1,541−18%$822 – $2,517
Washington WA16$1,520−20%$1,355 – $2,169
Michigan MI32$1,452−23%$1,222 – $4,110
New York NY30$1,323−30%$952 – $6,614
Kansas KS12$1,128−40%$985 – $1,920
Oklahoma OK11$1,095−42%$1,095 – $1,095
Indiana IN13$913−52%$822 – $2,383
West Virginia WV12$871−54%$853 – $2,164
Pennsylvania PA20$278−85%$94 – $7,093
Nebraska NE8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not 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 $1,889.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care296$1,942$1,016 – $5,101
Children’s10fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access160$1,687$1,004 – $3,449
Ownership
For-profit37$2,588$964 – $7,041
Government109$1,848$1,151 – $3,315
Non-profit320$1,852$1,000 – $4,120
System affiliation
Part of a system321$1,942$1,072 – $4,804
Independent146$1,645$1,016 – $2,999

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,349
Median cash price$1,889
Cash as a share of list, median hospital70%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 30%. 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

269 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,522 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,588; most fall between $822 and $3,165.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 269 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
$442$989$1,522$2,438$4,971

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($442 vs $4,971).

Of the 305 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 269 gave a usable cash price; 21 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 15 a list price only.

How complete is this

467 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (12%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 541 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted467
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here50
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded24
Hospitals that filed this code541

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 Other OR gastrointestinal therapeutic procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Removal of Omentum.

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 the fatty apron of tissue in the abdomen (CPT 49255) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-49255-removal-of-the-fatty-apron-of-tissue-in-the-abdomen