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Simple Stitched Repair, Small-Medium Wound

Iowa 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?

$505

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $505 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $166 to the doctor who performs it, and $339 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$166$123 to $257
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$339$174 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $339 · 10th to 90th $126 to $2,042Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $89 to $309
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $339professional $166

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
$89.13
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$316.23
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$302.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$501.19
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$295.12
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$97.72
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,137.96
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$269.15
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$275.42
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
$26.92
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$17.38

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 22nd of 51

$505

$166 physician + $339 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.