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Simple Stitched Repair, Small-Medium Wound

Illinois 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?

$406

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $406 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $117 to the doctor who performs it, and $288 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$117$91.20 to $186
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$288$141 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $288 · 10th to 90th $74 to $1,622Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $65 to $224
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $288professional $117

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
$58.88
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$204.17
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$223.87
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$354.81
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$154.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$208.93
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
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$10.72

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 26th of 51

$406

$117 physician + $288 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.