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Simple Stitched Repair, Small-Medium Wound

Kentucky 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?

$469

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $469 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $97.72 to the doctor who performs it, and $372 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$97.72$66.07 to $166
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$372$132 to $603

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $72 to $1,380Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $54 to $263
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $372professional $98

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
$72.44
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$281.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$154.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$181.97
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$79.43
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$954.99
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$186.21

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 40th of 51

$469

$97.72 physician + $372 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.