Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
EXCISE EXCESS SKIN ARM/HAND
Merced, CA
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Dignity Health’s median price of $3.6k is 17% above the median hospital's median price ($3.1k), higher than 65% of the 1,516 hospitals reporting CPT 15837. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 payers, 12 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Aetna medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $3.6k | $3.6k | — | — | — | $3.6k – $3.6k |
| 2 | Anthem medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $3.6k | $3.6k | — | — | — | $3.6k – $3.6k |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|all plans case rate · outpatient | $3.6k | $3.6k | — | — | — | $3.6k – $3.6k |
| 4 | Humana medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $3.6k | $3.6k | — | — | — | $3.6k – $3.6k |
| 5 | Kaiser medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $3.6k | $3.6k | — | — | — | $3.6k – $3.6k |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|all plans case rate · outpatient | $3.6k | $3.6k | — | — | — | $3.6k – $3.6k |
| 7 | Anthem commercial|exchange case rate · outpatient | $5.8k | $5.8k | — | — | — | $5.8k – $5.8k |
| 8 | Aetna commercial|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $7.1k | $7.1k | — | — | — | $7.1k – $7.1k |
| 9 | Aetna commercial|hmo case rate · outpatient | $7.1k | $7.1k | — | — | — | $7.1k – $7.1k |
| 10 | Aetna commercial|ppo case rate · outpatient | $7.1k | $7.1k | — | — | — | $7.1k – $7.1k |
| 11 | Anthem commercial|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $7.6k | $7.6k | — | — | — | $7.6k – $7.6k |
| 12 | Anthem commercial|mcs case rate · outpatient | $12.0k | $12.0k | — | — | — | $12.0k – $12.0k |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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