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Simple Stitched Repair, Small-Medium Wound

Georgia 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?

$1,563

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,563 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $117 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$117$79.43 to $195
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$324 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $110 to $5,129Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $59 to $263
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,445professional $117

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
$97.72
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$295.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$251.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,073.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$199.53
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$67.61
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$218.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$269.15
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$269.15

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 4th of 51

$1,563

$117 physician + $1,445 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.