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Simple Stitched Repair, Small Wound

North Carolina 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?

$434

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $434 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $95.50 to the doctor who performs it, and $339 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$95.50$67.61 to $166
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$339$174 to $457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $339 · 10th to 90th $68 to $851Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $43 to $257
$10$100$1Kfacility $339professional $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
$81.28
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$257.04
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$199.53
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$234.42
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$194.98
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$169.82
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 40th of 51

$434

$95.50 physician + $339 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.