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Simple Stitched Repair, Small-Medium Wound

Alaska rates for HCPCS 12002

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 version covers a wound that is a bit longer than the smallest size handled with this type of simple repair.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Simple Stitched Repair, Small-Medium Wound cost?

$783

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $783 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $537 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$245$145 to $389
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$537$288 to $794

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $102 to $1,023Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $83 to $525
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $537professional $245

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
$199.53
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$346.74
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$537.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$436.52
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$478.63
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$537.03
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$416.87

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 19.6 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

Alaska· 13th of 51

$783

$245 physician + $537 facility

CA $4,618MD $235

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.