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Simple Stitched Repair, Small Wound

Iowa 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?

$526

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $526 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $155 to the doctor who performs it, and $372 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$155$83.18 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$372$204 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $98 to $3,388Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $47 to $468
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $372professional $155

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
$91.20
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$275.42
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$302.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$416.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$501.19
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,388.44
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$234.42
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$223.87

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 29th of 51

$526

$155 physician + $372 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.