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Simple Stitched Repair, Small Wound

Alabama rates for HCPCS 12001

A cut or wound on the trunk, arms, legs, scalp, neck, or a similar area is cleaned and closed with a single layer of stitches. This is the smallest size tier used for this type of simple, single-layer repair.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Simple Stitched Repair, Small Wound cost?

$412

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $412 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $81.28 to the doctor who performs it, and $331 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$81.28$43.65 to $91.20
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$331$148 to $589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $331 · 10th to 90th $78 to $1,096Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $42 to $155
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $331professional $81

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
$42.66
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$169.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$144.54

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 20.5 times more in California 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

Alabama· 41st of 51

$412

$81.28 physician + $331 facility

CA $4,404MD $215

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.