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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 October 2026.

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

$405

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $405 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $123 to the doctor who performs it, and $282 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$123$70.79 to $145
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$282$123 to $525

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $282 · 10th to 90th $74 to $1,122Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $59 to $186
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $282professional $123

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
$64.57
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$186.21
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$158.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$141.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$213.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$186.21
6 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
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$12.30
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$107.15

Where South 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

South Carolina· 27th of 51

$405

$123 physician + $282 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.