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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 October 2026.

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

$728

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $728 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $126 to the doctor who performs it, and $603 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$126$81.28 to $166
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$603$158 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $91 to $3,388Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $65 to $229
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $603professional $126

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
$50.12
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$257.04
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$275.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,630.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$194.98
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$275.42
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$269.15
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$295.12
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
$45.71
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$11.75

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 11th of 51

$728

$126 physician + $603 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.