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Simple Stitched Repair, Small Wound

Louisiana 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?

$584

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $584 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $83.18 to the doctor who performs it, and $501 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$83.18$56.23 to $107
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$501$234 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $93 to $3,236Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $46 to $126
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $501professional $83

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
$93.33
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$120.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$104.71
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$158.49

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 25th of 51

$584

$83.18 physician + $501 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.