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Sitting Bone Pressure Sore Removal With Flap

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 15944

Surgical removal of a pressure sore over the ischium, the bone you sit on, taking away the dead and infected tissue. The wound is then covered by moving a flap of neighbouring skin and underlying tissue over it rather than pulling the edges together.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Sitting Bone Pressure Sore Removal With Flap cost?

$5,132

Typical total for the visit. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,132 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,042 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,042$1,660 to $2,455
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,778 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $8,913Professionalmedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $3,162
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,090professional $2,042

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$11,748.98
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$11,220.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$6,918.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,691.53
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,630.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Nebraska· 10th of 51

$5,132

$2,042 physician + $3,090 facility

AK $8,588AL $2,330

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.