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Simple Stitched Repair, Small-Medium Wound

Missouri 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?

$690

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $690 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $115 to the doctor who performs it, and $575 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$115$83.18 to $151
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$575$151 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $71 to $3,890Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $60 to $302
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $575professional $115

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
$52.48
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$173.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$97.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$177.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$194.98
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
$21.38
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$10.00

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 14th of 51

$690

$115 physician + $575 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.