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Simple Stitched Repair, Small-Medium Wound

South 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 July 2026.

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

$655

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $655 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $117 to the doctor who performs it, and $537 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$117$79.43 to $209
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$537$234 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $89 to $912Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $60 to $339
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $537professional $117

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
$89.13
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$346.74
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$186.21
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$204.17
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$177.83

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 17th of 51

$655

$117 physician + $537 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.