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Tailbone Pressure Sore Removal With Flap

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 15922

Surgical removal of a pressure sore over the tailbone, taking out the damaged tissue together with the tip of the tailbone itself. The gap left behind is covered by moving a flap of neighbouring skin and underlying tissue across it rather than pulling the wound edges together.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tailbone Pressure Sore Removal With Flap cost?

$1,479

Typical negotiated rate. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $891 from a physician practice, and about $5,888 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 65 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$891$708 to $1,479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,888$2,818 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $14,125Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $646 to $2,818
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0K$1.0Mfacility $5,888professional $891

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$16,595.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,778.28

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 9.3 times more in California than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

CA $6,457DE $692

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.