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Simple Stitched Repair, Small-Medium Wound

Connecticut 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?

$2,255

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,255 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $117 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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$117$72.44 to $148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$661 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $275 to $6,918Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $56 to $195
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,138professional $117

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
$1,698.24
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$165.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$208.93
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$588.84
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$218.78
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
$36.31
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$13.80

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 2nd of 51

$2,255

$117 physician + $2,138 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.