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Simple Stitched Repair, Small-Medium Wound

Alabama 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?

$414

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $414 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $97.72 to the doctor who performs it, and $316 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$97.72$57.54 to $112
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$316$107 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $316 · 10th to 90th $56 to $1,096Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $52 to $182
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $316professional $98

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
$56.23
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$190.55
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$151.36

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 43rd of 51

$414

$97.72 physician + $316 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.