Sitting-Bone Pressure Sore Removal With Bone Trim

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 15946

Cuts out a pressure sore over the ischium, the bone a person sits on, together with the damaged tissue around it, and takes down the prominent part of the underlying bone that has been driving the pressure. Lowering that bony point reduces the load on the area and gives the repair a much better chance of holding. The wound is left prepared for a muscle flap, skin flap, or graft to cover it.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Sitting-Bone Pressure Sore Removal With Bone Trim cost?

$7,473

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,473 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,344 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,129 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

31% physician fee69% facility fee

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 51 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the bill	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it	The doctor who performs it	$2,344	$1,738 to $3,388
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center	The hospital or surgery center	$5,129	$2,818 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $12,882Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $4,677

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	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
Aetna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $1,513.56 Median $4,677.35 Typical High $12,022.64	Facility	Global	$1,513.56	$4,677.35	$12,022.64
BCBS Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $2,691.53 Median $7,413.10 Typical High $14,791.08	Facility	Global	$2,691.53	$7,413.10	$14,791.08
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $1,659.59 Median $4,073.80 Typical High $12,882.50	Facility	Global	$1,659.59	$4,073.80	$12,882.50
United Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $1,548.82 Median $3,981.07 Typical High $9,332.54	Facility	Global	$1,548.82	$3,981.07	$9,332.54

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Nebraska than in Maryland. 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

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NE $11,659MD $2,693

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.