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Simple Stitched Repair, Small-Medium Wound

Delaware 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?

$220

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $220 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $100 to the doctor who performs it, and $120 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$100$63.10 to $126
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$120$89.13 to $603

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $120 · 10th to 90th $59 to $1,698Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $51 to $174
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $120professional $100

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$165.96
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$933.25
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$173.78
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
$25.70
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$10.96

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 48th of 51

$220

$100 physician + $120 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.