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Simple Stitched Repair, Small Wound

New Jersey 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?

$2,178

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,178 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $89.13 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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$89.13$52.48 to $148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$776 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $251 to $6,918Professionalmedian $89 · 10th to 90th $40 to $363
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,089professional $89

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
$251.19
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$467.74
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$144.54
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,311.31
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$190.55
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$186.21
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$912.01
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$158.49

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 2nd of 51

$2,178

$89.13 physician + $2,089 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.