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Simple Stitched Repair, Small-Medium Wound

Massachusetts 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?

$496

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $496 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $141 to the doctor who performs it, and $355 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$141$83.18 to $245
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$355$87.10 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $66 to $3,388Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $59 to $355
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $355professional $141

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
$83.18
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$389.05
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$4,168.69
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$275.42
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$245.47
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$346.74
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$602.56
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$4,168.69
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$346.74

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 32nd of 51

$496

$141 physician + $355 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.