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Simple Stitched Repair, Small-Medium Wound

North Carolina 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?

$265

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $265 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $155 to the doctor who performs it, and $110 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$155$110 to $209
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$110$74.13 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $110 · 10th to 90th $58 to $724Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $66 to $269
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $110professional $155

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
$57.54
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$181.97
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$199.53
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$251.19
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$489.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$190.55
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$204.17
7 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
$47.86
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$10.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$100.00

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 46th of 51

$265

$155 physician + $110 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.