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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 October 2026.

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

$367

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $367 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $91.20 to the doctor who performs it, and $275 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$91.20$56.23 to $107
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$275$263 to $275

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $275 · 10th to 90th $107 to $1,023Professionalmedian $91 · 10th to 90th $56 to $135
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $275professional $91

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$123.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$151.36
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.72

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 12.9 times more in Colorado than in Maine. 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· 34th of 51

$367

$91.20 physician + $275 facility

CO $2,408ME $187

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.