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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 July 2026.

How much does Simple Stitched Repair, Small-Medium Wound cost?

$2,050

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,050 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $100 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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$100$63.10 to $158
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$759 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $191 to $8,511Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $51 to $372
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $100

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
$181.97
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$380.19
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$223.87
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$229.09
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$912.01
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$190.55

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 3rd of 51

$2,050

$100 physician + $1,950 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.