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Simple Stitched Repair, Small-Medium Wound

Utah 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?

$504

Typical total for the visit. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $504 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $115 to the doctor who performs it, and $389 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$115$83.18 to $141
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$389$117 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $389 · 10th to 90th $74 to $4,467Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $66 to $186
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $389professional $115

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
$74.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$186.21
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$138.04
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$588.84
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$141.25
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$83.18
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$169.82
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
$29.51
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$11.75

Where Utah 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

Utah· 23rd of 51

$504

$115 physician + $389 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.