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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 July 2026.

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

$529

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $529 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $191 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$191$107 to $398
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$339$170 to $603

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $339 · 10th to 90th $100 to $2,138Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $60 to $603
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $339professional $191

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
$338.84
Typical High
$4,265.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$331.13
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$338.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$501.19
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$537.03
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,089.30
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$269.15
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$275.42

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 29th of 51

$529

$191 physician + $339 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.