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Simple Stitched Repair, Small-Medium Wound

Louisiana 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?

$478

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $478 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $97.72 to the doctor who performs it, and $380 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$97.72$72.44 to $132
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$380$145 to $933

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $76 to $3,236Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $60 to $145
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $380professional $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
$75.86
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$144.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$128.82
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$169.82

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 37th of 51

$478

$97.72 physician + $380 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.