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Simple Stitched Repair, Small-Medium Wound

Maryland 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?

$211

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $211 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $91.20 to the doctor who performs it, and $120 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$91.20$54.95 to $117
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$120$70.79 to $282

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $120 · 10th to 90th $50 to $617Professionalmedian $91 · 10th to 90th $50 to $162
$50$100$200$500facility $120professional $91

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
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$154.88
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$154.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$204.17
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$229.09
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
$28.84
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$11.75

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 49th of 51

$211

$91.20 physician + $120 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.