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Simple Stitched Repair, Small-Medium Wound

Arizona 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?

$404

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $404 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $102 to the doctor who performs it, and $302 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$102$60.26 to $132
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$302$135 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $69 to $2,344Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $50 to $501
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $302professional $102

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
$97.72
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$151.36
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$141.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$158.49
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
$25.12
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$9.77

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 28th of 51

$404

$102 physician + $302 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.