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Simple Stitched Repair, Small Wound

South 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?

$592

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $592 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $102 to the doctor who performs it, and $490 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$102$52.48 to $170
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$490$240 to $794

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $102 to $977Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $45 to $275
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $490professional $102

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
$102.33
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$288.40
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$165.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$177.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$158.49

Where South 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

South Carolina· 23rd of 51

$592

$102 physician + $490 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.