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Outer Hip Pressure Sore Removal, Direct Closure

Iowa rates for HCPCS 15950

Surgical removal of a pressure sore over the bony bump at the outer hip, cutting away the dead and infected tissue down to healthy tissue. The wound edges are then brought together and stitched directly rather than being covered with tissue moved in from elsewhere.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Outer Hip Pressure Sore Removal, Direct Closure cost?

$5,124

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,124 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,169 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$955$692 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,169$3,388 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $955 to $7,943Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $589 to $4,074
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $4,169professional $955

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
$954.99
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,862.09
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$6,025.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,905.46
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,621.81
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 7.6 times more in South Carolina than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeIowa $5,124 · 14th of 50
SC $9,172WV $1,205

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.