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Simple Stitched Repair, Small-Medium Wound

New Jersey 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?

$978

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $978 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $87.10 to the doctor who performs it, and $891 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$87.10$60.26 to $129
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$891$302 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $95 to $5,370Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $38 to $182
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $891professional $87

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
$51.29
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$144.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$165.96
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$229.09
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$933.25
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$138.04
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
$25.70
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$12.02

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 8th of 51

$978

$87.10 physician + $891 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.