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Simple Stitched Repair, Small Wound

Colorado 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?

$756

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $756 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $95.50 to the doctor who performs it, and $661 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$95.50$54.95 to $148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$661$389 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $95 to $5,370Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $44 to $186
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $661professional $95

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
$95.50
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$186.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$181.97
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$177.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$398.11
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$245.47
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$186.21

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 12th of 51

$756

$95.50 physician + $661 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.